USN-4730-1: PostSRSd vulnerability

Publication date

10 February 2021

Overview

PostSRSd could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Releases


Packages

  • postsrsd - Sender Rewriting Scheme via TCP-based lookup tables for Postfix

Details

It was discovered that PostSRSd mishandled certain input. A remote attacker
could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a long timestamp
tag in an SRS address.

It was discovered that PostSRSd mishandled certain input. A remote attacker
could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a long timestamp
tag in an SRS address.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.04 LTS bionic postsrsd –  1.4-1ubuntu0.1

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