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authorV3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org>2017-10-09 18:53:29 +0100
committerV3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org>2017-10-09 18:53:29 +0100
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201709-20">
+ <title>Postfix: Privilege escalation</title>
+ <synopsis>A vulnerability in Postfix may allow local users to gain root
+ privileges.
+
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">postfix</product>
+ <announced>2017-09-24</announced>
+ <revised>2017-09-24: 1</revised>
+ <bug>621882</bug>
+ <access>local</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="mail-mta/postfix" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">3.1.6</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">3.1.6</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>Postfix is a mail server and an alternative to the widely-used Sendmail
+ program.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>By default, Berkeley DB reads a DB_CONFIG configuration file from the
+ current working directory. This is an undocumented behavior.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="high">
+ <p>A local attacker, by using a specially crafted DG_CONFIG file, could
+ possibly escalate privileges to the root group.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All Postfix users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=mail-mta/postfix-3.1.6"
+ </code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://www.postfix.org/announcements/postfix-3.2.2.html">Postfix
+ Official Announce
+ </uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-09-21T15:43:52Z">chrisadr</metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-09-24T15:51:13Z">chrisadr</metadata>
+</glsa>