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Gentoo: GLSA-201601-04 Normal: OpenSMTPD Remote Execution Advisory

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Calendar Grey January 27, 2016
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo's OpenSMTPD advisory outlines critical vulnerabilities and their resolutions to mitigate risks of exploitation. Users are advised to update their systems promptly to ensure security.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in OpenSMTPD, the worst allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenSMTPD. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Resolution

All OpenSMTPD users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-mta/opensmtpd-5.7.3_p1"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201601-04
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: OpenSMTPD: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: January 27, 2016
Bugs: #562034, #562290
ID: 201601-04

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in OpenSMTPD, the worst allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

OpenSMTPD is a lightweight but featured SMTP daemon from OpenBSD.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 mail-mta/opensmtpd < 5.7.3_p1 >= 5.7.3_p1

Impact

===== A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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