Security Advisory Updated postfix packages are available

Advisory: RHSA-2001:156-05
Type: Security Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2001-11-15
Last updated on: 2001-11-27
Affected Products: Powertools 7.1
OVAL: N/A
CVEs (cve.mitre.org): CVE-2001-0894

Details

Updated postfix packages are now availble that will fix a possible denial
of service attack.

A malicious user could get postfix to exhaust a machine's memory by
abusing its session cache which could result in a denial of service attack.
The updated postfix packages will fix these potential problems.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:

rpm -Fvh [filenames]

where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those
RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are
not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you
can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains
the
desired RPMs.

Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many
people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

Updated packages

Powertools 7.1

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/powertools/SRPMS/postfix-20011125-1SASL.src.rpm
Missing file
    3f226c17cd8a8955826c3aced3f77947
 
Alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/powertools/alpha/postfix-20011125-1SASL.alpha.rpm
Missing file
    ba0706ce0d6e6c453a8e1afcab248eac
 
IA-32:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/powertools/i386/postfix-20011125-1SASL.i386.rpm
Missing file
    60402b08bd489052146eec437838a829
 

References


Keywords

denial, exhaustion, log, memory, of, postfix, service, session


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