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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2013:0054 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2013-01-07
Updated:
2013-01-07

RHBA-2013:0054 - Bug Fix Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

postfix bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

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Topic

Updated postfix packages that fix multiple bugs and add one enhancement are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The postfix packages provide a Mail Transport Agent (MTA), which supports
protocols like LDAP, SMTP AUTH (SASL), and TLS.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Prior to this update, upstream example scripts were not included. This update

adds these upstream example scripts to the postfix package. (BZ#251677)

  • Prior to this update, the recipient duplicate elimination did not work

correctly. As a consequence, users with multiple virtual aliases could receive
multiple copies of emails. This update modifies the underlying code so that the
recipient duplicate elimination will work as expected if the
"enable_original_recipient" configuration option is set to "no". Now, users will
no longer receive multiple copies of emails. (BZ#474541)

  • Prior to this update, the postconf documentation contained ambiguous

information about "reject_invalid_helo_hostname" restrictions. This update
modifies the postconf documentation and the "reject_invalid_helo_hostname"
parameter is now documented without ambiguity . (BZ#514948)

  • Prior to this update, the milter (mail filter) communication failed for

headers that are larger than 64 kB. Further milter processing of the email was
blocked. Now, this update modifies the underlying code so that the long headers
are truncated to 60000 characters or less before milter processing. Now, milter
processes these large headers as expected. (BZ#617069)

  • Prior to this update, the postfix init script looked for any process named

"master" when checking whether the postfix daemon was running. As a consequence,
the script could be tricked by any other process named "master", which could
lead to problems. This update modifies the init script to check for the process
ID (PID) which is more robust. (BZ#645348)

  • Prior to this update, the manual pages for the command line tools "mailq",

"newaliases", "sendmail" and "aliases" were not supported by alternatives. As a
consequence, these man pages could not be displayed. This update adds support
for these manual pages to the alternatives list. (BZ#664627)

  • Prior to this update, the biff notification code did not set the FD_CLOEXEC

file descriptor flag on created UDP sockets. As a consequence, the postfix agent
could leak file descriptors (FD) to the local delivery agent (LDA) and to other
processes spawned by LDA. This update modifies the underlying code to set the
FD_CLOEXEC as expected. (BZ#766499)

This update also adds the following enhancement:

  • Prior to this update, the postfix agent did not support MySQL. This update

adds MySQL support to postfix. (BZ#502412)

All users of postfix are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
these bugs and add this enhancement.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant
to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red
Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

  • BZ - 251677 - example scripts missing
  • BZ - 474541 - Duplicate recipient filter fails on virtual alias expansion
  • BZ - 502412 - Postfix MySQL map support
  • BZ - 514948 - Postfix documentation needs clarification on helo hostname parameter
  • BZ - 645348 - Postfix init script 'status' not very robust
  • BZ - 664627 - mailq manpage does not display

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
postfix-2.3.3-6.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: 757e547fd0a19e75be278f3af0842f6a825522405b69215e58ce755ae8655c2b
x86_64
postfix-2.3.3-6.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 92264e531d8b8e861ac6fd3258185ae5374608d1ddda9f98734a75713eb581dc
postfix-debuginfo-2.3.3-6.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 868eebbe3e6a242f32ed952d57ce0dc9255bf09f5fa759533f0ca7d439ab8033
postfix-pflogsumm-2.3.3-6.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d5f3a2250565d7b3be56bd719b2cd329c9fdea6dfe02ad6d53f9d7b1114793c4
ia64
postfix-2.3.3-6.el5.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 7166e224d13818683f42cb8b2f9ab108a3cf10843952e5c069f367e7944a2bba
postfix-debuginfo-2.3.3-6.el5.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 9a89d159d0e5794be3f74d9dd988312f075317ec8e89e2e95734534da2747212
postfix-pflogsumm-2.3.3-6.el5.ia64.rpm SHA-256: a89a0a1a9fefd977862cb8605022790b9c331dce6fa399613b0d6ae64c153d26
i386
postfix-2.3.3-6.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: c7dd57bd72a1c7e9b0f5f28235ad61bf63ad568e27199fa7a755b91504514e41
postfix-debuginfo-2.3.3-6.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: dacc9d7eee6e7e64dc3e4d5e5a0a98847a3736651a65ac052a8558e81bac2b34
postfix-pflogsumm-2.3.3-6.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 70fd9ab3424863f137440417a717b2c2d2fb05ad62e60ebe05453884b4c41641

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
postfix-2.3.3-6.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: 757e547fd0a19e75be278f3af0842f6a825522405b69215e58ce755ae8655c2b
x86_64
postfix-2.3.3-6.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 92264e531d8b8e861ac6fd3258185ae5374608d1ddda9f98734a75713eb581dc
postfix-debuginfo-2.3.3-6.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 868eebbe3e6a242f32ed952d57ce0dc9255bf09f5fa759533f0ca7d439ab8033
postfix-pflogsumm-2.3.3-6.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d5f3a2250565d7b3be56bd719b2cd329c9fdea6dfe02ad6d53f9d7b1114793c4
i386
postfix-2.3.3-6.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: c7dd57bd72a1c7e9b0f5f28235ad61bf63ad568e27199fa7a755b91504514e41
postfix-debuginfo-2.3.3-6.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: dacc9d7eee6e7e64dc3e4d5e5a0a98847a3736651a65ac052a8558e81bac2b34
postfix-pflogsumm-2.3.3-6.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 70fd9ab3424863f137440417a717b2c2d2fb05ad62e60ebe05453884b4c41641

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
postfix-2.3.3-6.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: 757e547fd0a19e75be278f3af0842f6a825522405b69215e58ce755ae8655c2b
x86_64
postfix-2.3.3-6.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 92264e531d8b8e861ac6fd3258185ae5374608d1ddda9f98734a75713eb581dc
postfix-debuginfo-2.3.3-6.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 868eebbe3e6a242f32ed952d57ce0dc9255bf09f5fa759533f0ca7d439ab8033
postfix-pflogsumm-2.3.3-6.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d5f3a2250565d7b3be56bd719b2cd329c9fdea6dfe02ad6d53f9d7b1114793c4
i386
postfix-2.3.3-6.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: c7dd57bd72a1c7e9b0f5f28235ad61bf63ad568e27199fa7a755b91504514e41
postfix-debuginfo-2.3.3-6.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: dacc9d7eee6e7e64dc3e4d5e5a0a98847a3736651a65ac052a8558e81bac2b34
postfix-pflogsumm-2.3.3-6.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 70fd9ab3424863f137440417a717b2c2d2fb05ad62e60ebe05453884b4c41641

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
postfix-2.3.3-6.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: 757e547fd0a19e75be278f3af0842f6a825522405b69215e58ce755ae8655c2b
s390x
postfix-2.3.3-6.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 890052389d097da86fa5b519ce07e7e5b3b443c714cfb7bfdaf506b078336161
postfix-debuginfo-2.3.3-6.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: f3089bb43bd7fbadb453e8f97e808977a4216a9dea9c561e0417b463a00f0a26
postfix-pflogsumm-2.3.3-6.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: b9504f46095e9cf44c627127ed9dc228dda10dfab4db68d2ba61ff79c0f65eab

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
postfix-2.3.3-6.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: 757e547fd0a19e75be278f3af0842f6a825522405b69215e58ce755ae8655c2b
ppc
postfix-2.3.3-6.el5.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 160a5f6e5187d0bb74ab4230c8de85f6790cde3a37bcaef1ac266a412db09814
postfix-debuginfo-2.3.3-6.el5.ppc.rpm SHA-256: fed10b8ef417aeb3f66e8c0c1648c307fbf9405b28ec4ae247120b9fa61b5940
postfix-pflogsumm-2.3.3-6.el5.ppc.rpm SHA-256: a45d9cec8b39ab1ce10909e501b0286f2acf083a8fbfe0c5ed36f3ac73cd8f52

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
postfix-2.3.3-6.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: 757e547fd0a19e75be278f3af0842f6a825522405b69215e58ce755ae8655c2b
x86_64
postfix-2.3.3-6.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 92264e531d8b8e861ac6fd3258185ae5374608d1ddda9f98734a75713eb581dc
postfix-debuginfo-2.3.3-6.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 868eebbe3e6a242f32ed952d57ce0dc9255bf09f5fa759533f0ca7d439ab8033
postfix-pflogsumm-2.3.3-6.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d5f3a2250565d7b3be56bd719b2cd329c9fdea6dfe02ad6d53f9d7b1114793c4
i386
postfix-2.3.3-6.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: c7dd57bd72a1c7e9b0f5f28235ad61bf63ad568e27199fa7a755b91504514e41
postfix-debuginfo-2.3.3-6.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: dacc9d7eee6e7e64dc3e4d5e5a0a98847a3736651a65ac052a8558e81bac2b34
postfix-pflogsumm-2.3.3-6.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 70fd9ab3424863f137440417a717b2c2d2fb05ad62e60ebe05453884b4c41641

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