--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2008-8593
2008-10-09 04:46:39
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name        : postfix
Product     : Fedora 9
Version     : 2.5.5
Release     : 1.fc9
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#459100)
* Mon May 19 2008 Dennis Gilmore  2:2.5.1-2.1
- rebuild for sparc
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #456347 - CVE-2008-2937 postfix improper mailbox permissions
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456347
  [ 2 ] Bug #456314 - CVE-2008-2936 postfix privilege escalation flaw
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456314
  [ 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 .

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Fedora 9 Update: postfix-2.5.5-1.fc9

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#459100)

* Mon May 19 2008 Dennis Gilmore 2:2.5.1-2.1

- rebuild for sparc

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

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

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

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

[ 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/

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FEDORA-2008-8593 2008-10-09 04:46:39 Product : Fedora 9 Version : 2.5.5 Release : 1.fc9 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#459100) * Mon May 19 2008 Dennis Gilmore 2:2.5.1-2.1 - rebuild for sparc [ 1 ] Bug #456347 - CVE-2008-2937 postfix improper mailbox permissions https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456347 [ 2 ] Bug #456314 - CVE-2008-2936 postfix privilege escalation flaw https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456314 [ 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 9
Version : 2.5.5
Release : 1.fc9
URL : http://www.postfix.org
Summary : Postfix Mail Transport Agent

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