GLSA 201206-33: Postfix: Multiple vulnerabilities
| Severity: | high |
| Title: | Postfix: Multiple vulnerabilities |
| Date: | 06/25/2012 |
| Bugs: | , |
| ID: | 201206-33 |
Synopsis
A vulnerability has been found in Postfix, the worst of which possibly allowing remote code execution.Background
Postfix is Wietse Venema’s mailer that attempts to be fast, easy to administer, and secure, as an alternative to the widely-used Sendmail program.
Affected packages
| Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| mail-mta/postfix | < 2.7.4 | >= 2.7.4 | All supported architectures |
Description
A vulnerability have been discovered in Postfix. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.
Impact
An attacker could perform a man-in-the-middle attack and inject SMTP commands during the plaintext to TLS session switch or might execute arbitrary code.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All Postfix users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-mta/postfix-2.7.4"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
Copyright 2010 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.