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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: postfix security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2011:0423-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0423.html
Issue date: 2011-04-06
CVE Names: CVE-2011-0411
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1. Summary:
Updated postfix packages that fix one security issue are now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate
security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in
the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
3. Description:
Postfix is a Mail Transport Agent (MTA), supporting LDAP, SMTP AUTH (SASL),
and TLS.
It was discovered that Postfix did not flush the received SMTP commands
buffer after switching to TLS encryption for an SMTP session. A
man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to inject SMTP commands into
a victim's session during the plain text phase. This would lead to those
commands being processed by Postfix after TLS encryption is enabled,
possibly allowing the attacker to steal the victim's mail or authentication
credentials. (CVE-2011-0411)
Red Hat would like to thank the CERT/CC for reporting CVE-2011-0411. The
CERT/CC acknowledges Wietse Venema as the original reporter.
Users of Postfix are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. After installing this
update, the postfix service will be restarted automatically.
4. Solution:
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259
5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
674814 - CVE-2011-0411 postfix: SMTP commands injection during plaintext to TLS session switch
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Client/en/os/SRPMS/postfix-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.src.rpm
i386:
postfix-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.i686.rpm
postfix-debuginfo-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.i686.rpm
x86_64:
postfix-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
postfix-debuginfo-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Client/en/os/SRPMS/postfix-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.src.rpm
i386:
postfix-debuginfo-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.i686.rpm
postfix-perl-scripts-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.i686.rpm
x86_64:
postfix-debuginfo-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
postfix-perl-scripts-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6ComputeNode/en/os/SRPMS/postfix-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.src.rpm
x86_64:
postfix-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
postfix-debuginfo-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6ComputeNode/en/os/SRPMS/postfix-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.src.rpm
x86_64:
postfix-debuginfo-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
postfix-perl-scripts-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/os/SRPMS/postfix-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.src.rpm
i386:
postfix-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.i686.rpm
postfix-debuginfo-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.i686.rpm
ppc64:
postfix-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.ppc64.rpm
postfix-debuginfo-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
postfix-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.s390x.rpm
postfix-debuginfo-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
postfix-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
postfix-debuginfo-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/os/SRPMS/postfix-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.src.rpm
i386:
postfix-debuginfo-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.i686.rpm
postfix-perl-scripts-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.i686.rpm
ppc64:
postfix-debuginfo-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.ppc64.rpm
postfix-perl-scripts-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
postfix-debuginfo-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.s390x.rpm
postfix-perl-scripts-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
postfix-debuginfo-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
postfix-perl-scripts-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Workstation/en/os/SRPMS/postfix-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.src.rpm
i386:
postfix-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.i686.rpm
postfix-debuginfo-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.i686.rpm
x86_64:
postfix-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
postfix-debuginfo-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Workstation/en/os/SRPMS/postfix-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.src.rpm
i386:
postfix-debuginfo-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.i686.rpm
postfix-perl-scripts-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.i686.rpm
x86_64:
postfix-debuginfo-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
postfix-perl-scripts-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
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7. References:
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2011-0411.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2011 Red Hat, Inc.
