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TITLE:
Fedora update for postfix

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32231

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32231/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information, Privilege escalation, DoS

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 8
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/16769/
Fedora 9
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/18642/

DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for postfix. This fixes some security
issues, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose
potentially sensitive information, cause a DoS (Denial of Service),
and perform certain actions with escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA31485
SA31716

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update postfix").

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2008-8595:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00271.html

FEDORA-2008-8593:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00287.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA31485:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31485/

SA31716:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31716/

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