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openSUSE 42.3: 2017:3220-1 Important: Exim Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey December 6, 2017
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Confront pressing exim vulnerability in openSUSE through this crucial patch to avert risks of unauthorized code execution.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for exim fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

- CVE-2017-16943: Fix possible remote code execution (boo#1069857).

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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 42.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-1342=1

- openSUSE Leap 42.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-1342=1

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

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (x86_64):

exim-4.86.2-17.1

exim-debuginfo-4.86.2-17.1

exim-debugsource-4.86.2-17.1

eximon-4.86.2-17.1

eximon-debuginfo-4.86.2-17.1

eximstats-html-4.86.2-17.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.2 (x86_64):

exim-4.86.2-10.9.1

exim-debuginfo-4.86.2-10.9.1

exim-debugsource-4.86.2-10.9.1

eximon-4.86.2-10.9.1

eximon-debuginfo-4.86.2-10.9.1

eximstats-html-4.86.2-10.9.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16943.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1069857

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2017:3220-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3 openSUSE Leap 42.2

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