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openSUSE Leap 42.2 Security Update: 2017:1625-1 Important Exim Memory Leak

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Calendar Grey June 20, 2017
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Update addresses memory leak vulnerability in exim, boosting system security and stability for openSUSE users.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for exim fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2017-1000369: Fixed a memory leak in exim commandline handling,

which could be used to exhaust memory and make "stack crash" attacks

likely. (boo#1044692)

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Topics Covered

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Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 42.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-714=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.2 (x86_64):

exim-4.86.2-10.3.1

exim-debuginfo-4.86.2-10.3.1

exim-debugsource-4.86.2-10.3.1

eximon-4.86.2-10.3.1

eximon-debuginfo-4.86.2-10.3.1

eximstats-html-4.86.2-10.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000369.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1044692

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2017:1625-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.2 .

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