Bug 2466488 (CVE-2026-43964)

Summary: CVE-2026-43964 postfix: buffer over-read via malformed enhanced status code
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: rhel-process-autobot, watson-tool-maintainers, yozone
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A flaw was found in Postfix. This issue occurs when processing enhanced status codes, specifically an enhanced status code that lacks text following the third number. Depending on the configuration of the server, this allows a remote attacker to cause a buffer over-read of only 1 byte, leading to an application crash and resulting in a denial of service.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-04 19:01:49 UTC
Postfix before 3.8.16, 3.9 before 3.9.10, and 3.10 before 3.10.9 sometimes allows a buffer over-read and process crash via an enhanced status code that lacks text after the third number.

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2026-06-15 09:50:42 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2026:25930 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25930

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2026-06-15 10:08:08 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2026:25932 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25932

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2026-06-16 11:49:49 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:26205 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26205