virtual hosts with names that don't have addresses are broken

Bug #120694 reported by LaMont Jones
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
postfix (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
LaMont Jones

Bug Description

Binary package hint: postfix

Postfix versions prior to 2.3.3-2 include code in valid_hostname() which calls gethsotbyname(). This results in deciding that perfectly valid hostnames are invalid, because they don't have addresses in DNS. This was corrected in 2.3.3-2.

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LaMont Jones (lamont) wrote :

See also bugs.debian.org/333646

Changed in postfix:
assignee: nobody → lamont
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
LaMont Jones (lamont) wrote :

Fixed in 2.3.3-2, and therefore feisty and beyond.

Changed in postfix:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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