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Fedora update for postfix
Secunia Advisory: SA32231
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Release Date: 2008-10-10
Popularity: 1,107 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Privilege escalation
DoS
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Fedora 8
Fedora 9
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CVE reference:CVE-2008-2936
CVE-2008-2937
CVE-2008-3889
Description:
Fedora has issued an update for postfix. This fixes some security issues, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose potentially sensitive information, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and perform certain actions with escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA31485
SA31716

Solution:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update postfix").

Original Advisory:
FEDORA-2008-8595:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedor...e-announce/2008-October/msg00271.html

FEDORA-2008-8593:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedor...e-announce/2008-October/msg00287.html

Other References:
SA31485:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31485/

SA31716:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31716/

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