CVE-2008-3889

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anteriores a la 2.6-2000902, cuando se utiliza con el nucleo de Linux versi\u00f3n 2.6, muestra los descriptores del fichero epoll durante la ejecuci\u00f3n de comandos que no son Postfix, permite a usuarios locales provocar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (aplicaci\u00f3n m\u00e1s lenta o finalizaci\u00f3n) mediante un comando especialmente construido, como se ha demostrado por un comando en un fichero .forward."}], "lastModified": "2025-04-09T00:30:58.490", "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": false, "matchCriteriaId": "0FC560CC-F785-42D5-A25B-1BA02E7AC464"}], "operator": "OR"}, {"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "998D1069-1CF5-42C5-8668-49D72E2D2F17"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": 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This issue did not affect the versions Postfix as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.", "lastModified": "2017-09-28T21:31:54.147", "organization": "Red Hat"}], "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org"}