CVE-2008-3889 (GCVE-0-2008-3889)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-09-12 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:53
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2251 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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Date Public
2008-09-02 00:00
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