Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 11:44:18 +0100 From: Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org> To: urb@twe.net, mnag@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mail/postfix-policyd-spf relies on vulnerable mail/libspf2-10 Message-ID: <CADLo838td6CmEUG_pCVtxpD5HVFVmNStJphZVhjj8wb7mZ4tLg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4E5A19F4.1050406@twe.net> References: <4E57FBC1.1020009@FreeBSD.org> <4E580082.1030202@FreeBSD.org> <4E59324E.5070602@twe.net> <4E595C14.9030503@FreeBSD.org> <4E597167.8030403@twe.net> <4E598506.2030507@FreeBSD.org> <4E5A19F4.1050406@twe.net>
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On 28 August 2011 11:35, Uffe R. B. Andersen <urb@twe.net> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Den 28-08-2011 02:00, Doug Barton skrev: >> I appreciate your responses, but I think you're missing one or >> more large'ish pieces of the puzzle. Here is what I'm seeing with >> an up to date portaudit db: >> >> portaudit -a Affected package: libspf2-1.0.4_1 Type of problem: >> libspf2 -- Buffer overflow. Reference: >> http://portaudit.FreeBSD.org/2ddbfd29-a455-11dd-a55e-00163e000016.html >> >> =A0pkg_info -qo libspf2-1.0.4_1 mail/libspf2-10 >> >> pkg_info -R libspf2-1.0.4_1 Information for libspf2-1.0.4_1: >> >> Required by: postfix-policyd-spf-1.0.1_3 >> >> cd /usr/ports/mail/libspf2-10/ make -V PKGNAME libspf2-1.0.4_1 >> >> >> The solution here is that postfix-policyd-spf needs to be updated >> to not rely on a vulnerable version of libspf2. > > Indeed you're right. Googling the issue reveal that > postfix-policyd-spf apparently is rather unmaintained and people > suggest using the perl or python versions instead. I do remember > having this issue myself, some 2 years ago and nothing seems to have > happened since then. The Google result also show, that > postfix-policyd-spf doesn't compile with newer versions of libspf2. > > Perhaps we should ask to have postfix-policyd-spf removed from the > ports tree altogether? Hm, perhaps: FORBIDDEN=3D depends on forbidden software (libspf2) DEPRECATED=3D dead upstream, depends on forbidden software (libspf2) EXPIRATION_DATE=3D 2011-10-28 Maintainer added back to the CC list. Chris
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