RHBA-2014:1226 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated postfix packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

Postfix is a Mail Transport Agent (MTA), supporting LDAP, SMTP AUTH (SASL), and
TLS.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, the postfix packages had redundant explicitly specified

dependencies. This could block from installing third party packages which
fulfilled the implicit dependencies. To fix this bug, the redundant explicit
dependencies have been removed. As a result, any third party packages can now be
used. (BZ#915901)

• Previously, the Transport Layer Security (TLS) session cache was created in

the /var/spool/postfix/ directory with the root user as owner. This could cause
various problems if the cache was accessed by an unprivileged process of the
tlsmgr daemon, including a tlsmgr failure. With this update, the TLS session
cache I/O operations are redirected and the cache is now created in
/var/lib/postfix/ with the correct Postfix owner. (BZ#977629)

Users of postfix are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
these bugs. After installing this update, the postfix service will be restarted
automatically.

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/site/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

CVEs

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References

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