CVE-2008-3889
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.70% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 52.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-09-12 16:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 09:53Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-09-02
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 533b356cbdeb4487e199e6821b75c84002b89962a6db93a92615d4c48f3dce03
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com31986http://secunia.com/advisories/31986
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-8595https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00271.html
- secunia.com32231http://secunia.com/advisories/32231
- www.securityfocus.com20080916 [Suspected Spam][CVE-2008-4042] Postfix Linux-only local denial of service - PoChttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496420/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com31982http://secunia.com/advisories/31982
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-642-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-642-1
- www.securityfocus.com30977http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30977
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-8593https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00287.html
- secunia.com31800http://secunia.com/advisories/31800
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.compostfix-filedescriptor-dos(44865)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44865
- securityreason.com4239http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4239
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2008:018http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200809-09http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-09.xml
- www.wekk.nethttp://www.wekk.net/research/CVE-2008-3889/
- secunia.com31716http://secunia.com/advisories/31716
- www.exploit-db.com6472https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6472
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:190http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:190
- securitytracker.com1020800http://securitytracker.com/id?1020800
- www.postfix.orghttp://www.postfix.org/announcements/20080902.html
- www.securityfocus.com20081104 rPSA-2008-0311-1 postfixhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498037/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com20080902 Postfix Linux-only local denial of servicehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495894/100/0/threaded
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0311
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- postfix Fixed in 2.5.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- postfix Fixed in 2.5.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- postfix Fixed in 2.5.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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