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Title : Fedora Security Update Fixes Postfix Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
Advisory ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2790
CVE ID : CVE-2008-2936 - CVE-2008-2937 - CVE-2008-3889
Rated as : Low Risk

Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-10-13

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Fedora, which could be exploited by malicious users to cause a denial of service, bypass security restrictions, gain knowledge of sensitive information, or potentially obtain elevated privileges. These issues are caused by errors in Postfix. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2385 - VUPEN/ADV-2008-2567

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2008-10-13 : Initial release

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