CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-3889
2.1 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-09-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
Postfix 2.4 before 2.4.9, 2.5 before 2.5.5, and 2.6 before 2.6-20080902, when used with the Linux 2.6 kernel, leaks epoll file descriptors during execution of "non-Postfix" commands, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (application slowdown or exit) via a crafted command, as demonstrated by a command in a .forward file.
Affected configurations
• postfix postfix 2.4
• postfix postfix 2.4.0
• postfix postfix 2.4.1
• postfix postfix 2.4.2
• postfix postfix 2.4.3
• postfix postfix 2.4.4
• postfix postfix 2.4.5
• postfix postfix 2.4.6
• postfix postfix 2.4.7
• postfix postfix 2.4.8
• postfix postfix 2.5.1
• postfix postfix 2.5.2
• postfix postfix 2.5.3
• postfix postfix 2.6
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31716 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31800 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31982 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31986 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32231 secunia.com
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-09.xml security.gentoo.org
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4239 securityreason.com
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020800 securitytracker.com
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0311 wiki.rpath.com
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:190 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.postfix.org/announcements/20080902.html Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495894/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496420/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498037/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30977 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-642-1 www.ubuntu.com
- http://www.wekk.net/research/CVE-2008-3889/ www.wekk.net
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44865 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6472 www.exploit-db.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00271.html www.redhat.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00287.html www.redhat.com
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31716 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31800 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31982 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31986 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32231 secunia.com
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-09.xml security.gentoo.org
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4239 securityreason.com
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020800 securitytracker.com
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0311 wiki.rpath.com
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:190 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.postfix.org/announcements/20080902.html Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495894/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496420/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498037/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30977 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-642-1 www.ubuntu.com
- http://www.wekk.net/research/CVE-2008-3889/ www.wekk.net
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44865 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6472 www.exploit-db.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00271.html www.redhat.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00287.html www.redhat.com