Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1113-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
It was discovered that the Postfix package incorrectly granted write access on the PID directory to the postfix user. A local attacker could use this flaw to possibly conduct a symlink attack and overwrite arbitrary files.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 6.06 LTS and 8.04 LTS. (CVE-2009-2939)
Wietse Venema discovered that Postfix incorrectly handled cleartext commands after TLS is in place. A remote attacker could exploit this to inject cleartext commands into TLS sessions, and possibly obtain confidential information such as passwords. (CVE-2011-0411)
Affected
postfix on Ubuntu 10.10 ,
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ,
Ubuntu 9.10 ,
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS ,
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-2939, CVE-2011-0411 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.9
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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