Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity Affecting postfix-cdb package, versions <2:3.5.25-1.el9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on AlmaLinux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.3% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALMALINUX9-POSTFIXCDB-8383612
  • published 18 Nov 2024
  • disclosed 12 Nov 2024

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 postfix-cdb to version 2:3.5.25-1.el9 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2024:9243.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream postfix-cdb package and not the postfix-cdb package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Postfix through 3.8.5 allows SMTP smuggling unless configured with smtpd_data_restrictions=reject_unauth_pipelining and smtpd_discard_ehlo_keywords=chunking (or certain other options that exist in recent versions). Remote attackers can use a published exploitation technique to inject e-mail messages with a spoofed MAIL FROM address, allowing bypass of an SPF protection mechanism. This occurs because Postfix supports <LF>.<CR><LF> but some other popular e-mail servers do not. To prevent attack variants (by always disallowing <LF> without <CR>), a different solution is required, such as the smtpd_forbid_bare_newline=yes option with a Postfix minimum version of 3.5.23, 3.6.13, 3.7.9, 3.8.4, or 3.9.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

5.3 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    None
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SUSE

5.3 medium
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Red Hat

5.3 medium