--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2008-8595
2008-10-09 04:48:12
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name        : postfix
Product     : Fedora 8
Version     : 2.5.5
Release     : 1.fc8
URL         : http://www.postfix.org
Summary     : Postfix Mail Transport Agent
Description :
Postfix is a Mail Transport Agent (MTA), supporting LDAP, SMTP AUTH (SASL),
TLS

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information:

New upstream patch level version 2.5.5, including multiple security fixes
detailed in upstream announcements:
http://www.postfix.org/announcements/20080814.html
http://www.postfix.org/announcements/20080902.html
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------ChangeLog:

* Wed Sep 17 2008 Thomas Woerner  2:2.5.5-1
- new version 2.5.5
  fixes CVE-2008-2936, CVE-2008-2937 and CVE-2008-3889 (rhbz#459101)
* Thu Aug 28 2008 Tom "spot" Callaway  2:2.5.1-4
- fix license tag
* Thu Aug 14 2008 Thomas Woerner  2:2.5.1-3
- fixed postfix privilege problem with symlinks in the mail spool directory
  (CVE-2008-2936) (rhbz#459101)
* Wed Mar 12 2008 Thomas Woerner  2:2.5.1-2
- fixed fix for enabling IPv6 support (rhbz#437024)
- added new postfix data directory (rhbz#437042)
* Thu Feb 21 2008 Thomas Woerner  2:2.5.1-1
- new verison 2.5.1
* Wed Feb 20 2008 Fedora Release Engineering  - 2:2.4.6-3
- Autorebuild for GCC 4.3
* Thu Dec  6 2007 Release Engineering  - 2.4.6-2
- Rebuild for deps
* Wed Nov 28 2007 Thomas Woerner  2:2.4.6-1
- new verison 2.4.6
- added virtual server(smtp) provide (rhbz#380631)
- enabling IPv6 support (rhbz#197105)
- made the MYSQL and PGSQL defines overloadable as build argument
* Wed Nov  7 2007 Thomas Woerner  2:2.4.5-3
- fixed multilib conflict for makedefs.out: rename to makedefs.out-ppc
  (rhbz#342941)
- enabled mysql support
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #456314 - CVE-2008-2936 postfix privilege escalation flaw
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456314
  [ 2 ] Bug #456347 - CVE-2008-2937 postfix improper mailbox permissions
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456347
  [ 3 ] Bug #460906 - CVE-2008-3889 postfix: local DoS via leaked file descriptor
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460906
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update postfix' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at .

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key.  More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/security/
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Fedora 8 Update: postfix-2.5.5-1.fc8

October 9, 2008
New upstream patch level version 2.5.5, including multiple security fixes detailed in upstream announcements: http://www.postfix.org/announcements/20080814.html http://www.postf...

Summary

Postfix is a Mail Transport Agent (MTA), supporting LDAP, SMTP AUTH (SASL),

TLS

New upstream patch level version 2.5.5, including multiple security fixes

detailed in upstream announcements:

http://www.postfix.org/announcements/20080814.html

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

* Wed Sep 17 2008 Thomas Woerner 2:2.5.5-1

- new version 2.5.5

fixes CVE-2008-2936, CVE-2008-2937 and CVE-2008-3889 (rhbz#459101)

* Thu Aug 28 2008 Tom "spot" Callaway 2:2.5.1-4

- fix license tag

* Thu Aug 14 2008 Thomas Woerner 2:2.5.1-3

- fixed postfix privilege problem with symlinks in the mail spool directory

(CVE-2008-2936) (rhbz#459101)

* Wed Mar 12 2008 Thomas Woerner 2:2.5.1-2

- fixed fix for enabling IPv6 support (rhbz#437024)

- added new postfix data directory (rhbz#437042)

* Thu Feb 21 2008 Thomas Woerner 2:2.5.1-1

- new verison 2.5.1

* Wed Feb 20 2008 Fedora Release Engineering - 2:2.4.6-3

- Autorebuild for GCC 4.3

* Thu Dec 6 2007 Release Engineering - 2.4.6-2

- Rebuild for deps

* Wed Nov 28 2007 Thomas Woerner 2:2.4.6-1

- new verison 2.4.6

- added virtual server(smtp) provide (rhbz#380631)

- enabling IPv6 support (rhbz#197105)

- made the MYSQL and PGSQL defines overloadable as build argument

* Wed Nov 7 2007 Thomas Woerner 2:2.4.5-3

- fixed multilib conflict for makedefs.out: rename to makedefs.out-ppc

(rhbz#342941)

- enabled mysql support

[ 1 ] Bug #456314 - CVE-2008-2936 postfix privilege escalation flaw

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456314

[ 2 ] Bug #456347 - CVE-2008-2937 postfix improper mailbox permissions

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456347

[ 3 ] Bug #460906 - CVE-2008-3889 postfix: local DoS via leaked file descriptor

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460906

su -c 'yum update postfix' at the command line.

For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",

available at .

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the

GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at

https://fedoraproject.org/security/

Fedora-package-announce mailing list

Fedora-package-announce@redhat.com

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FEDORA-2008-8595 2008-10-09 04:48:12 Product : Fedora 8 Version : 2.5.5 Release : 1.fc8 URL : http://www.postfix.org Summary : Postfix Mail Transport Agent Description : Postfix is a Mail Transport Agent (MTA), supporting LDAP, SMTP AUTH (SASL), TLS New upstream patch level version 2.5.5, including multiple security fixes detailed in upstream announcements: http://www.postfix.org/announcements/20080814.html http://www.postfix.org/announcements/20080902.html * Wed Sep 17 2008 Thomas Woerner 2:2.5.5-1 - new version 2.5.5 fixes CVE-2008-2936, CVE-2008-2937 and CVE-2008-3889 (rhbz#459101) * Thu Aug 28 2008 Tom "spot" Callaway 2:2.5.1-4 - fix license tag * Thu Aug 14 2008 Thomas Woerner 2:2.5.1-3 - fixed postfix privilege problem with symlinks in the mail spool directory (CVE-2008-2936) (rhbz#459101) * Wed Mar 12 2008 Thomas Woerner 2:2.5.1-2 - fixed fix for enabling IPv6 support (rhbz#437024) - added new postfix data directory (rhbz#437042) * Thu Feb 21 2008 Thomas Woerner 2:2.5.1-1 - new verison 2.5.1 * Wed Feb 20 2008 Fedora Release Engineering - 2:2.4.6-3 - Autorebuild for GCC 4.3 * Thu Dec 6 2007 Release Engineering - 2.4.6-2 - Rebuild for deps * Wed Nov 28 2007 Thomas Woerner 2:2.4.6-1 - new verison 2.4.6 - added virtual server(smtp) provide (rhbz#380631) - enabling IPv6 support (rhbz#197105) - made the MYSQL and PGSQL defines overloadable as build argument * Wed Nov 7 2007 Thomas Woerner 2:2.4.5-3 - fixed multilib conflict for makedefs.out: rename to makedefs.out-ppc (rhbz#342941) - enabled mysql support [ 1 ] Bug #456314 - CVE-2008-2936 postfix privilege escalation flaw https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456314 [ 2 ] Bug #456347 - CVE-2008-2937 postfix improper mailbox permissions https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456347 [ 3 ] Bug #460906 - CVE-2008-3889 postfix: local DoS via leaked file descriptor https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460906 su -c 'yum update postfix' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at . All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ Fedora-package-announce mailing list Fedora-package-announce@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-package-announce

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Product : Fedora 8
Version : 2.5.5
Release : 1.fc8
URL : http://www.postfix.org
Summary : Postfix Mail Transport Agent

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