CVE-2008-3889

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 None
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2008-3889
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2008-09-12T16:56:20
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-10-11T20:50:13
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 2.1
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.postfix.org/announcements/20080902.html Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30977
http://secunia.com/advisories/31716 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31800
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-642-1
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020800
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:190
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html
http://www.wekk.net/research/CVE-2008-3889/
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-09.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/31986
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4239
http://secunia.com/advisories/31982
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00287.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00271.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32231
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0311
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44865
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6472
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498037/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496420/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495894/100/0/threaded
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3889
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3889
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:27:58 Added to TrackCVE