CVE-2008-3889

Name	CVE-2008-3889
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 local users to cause a denial of service (application slowdown or exit) via a crafted command, as demonstrated by a command in a .forward file.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
NVD severity	low

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
postfix (PTS)	stretch	3.1.15-0+deb9u1	fixed
	buster	3.4.14-0+deb10u1	fixed
	bullseye	3.5.6-1	fixed
	bookworm, sid	3.5.13-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
postfix	source	etch	(not affected)
postfix	source	(unstable)	2.5.5-1	low

[etch] - postfix <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
http://www.postfix.org/announcements/20080902.html