CVE-2008-3889

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2008-09-02
Bugzilla:
460906: CVE-2008-3889 postfix: local DoS via leaked file descriptor

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2008-3889 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions Postfix as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.

This page is generated automatically and has not been checked for errors or omissions.

For clarification or corrections please contact Red Hat Product Security.

Last Modified

CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation

Close

Welcome! Check out the Getting Started with Red Hat page for quick tours and guides for common tasks.