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TITLE:
Postfix epoll File Descriptor Leak Security Issue

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31716

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31716/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
Postfix 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/914/

DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in Postfix, which can be exploited
by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The security issue is caused due to Postfix leaking the epoll file
descriptor when executing non-Postfix commands, which can be
exploited to cause a DoS.

The security issue only affects Postfix 2.4 or later in combination
with epoll (e.g. Linux 2.6).

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.4.9, 2.5.5, or 2.6-20080902 or apply the patch.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.postfix.org/announcements/20080902.html

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