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openSUSE Leap 42.3 Exim Update: Important Buffer Overflow Fix

opensuse
Calendar Grey February 19, 2018
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Notification for openSUSE addresses critical execution vulnerability in exim: CVE-2018-6789. Key measures for safeguarding your environment.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for exim fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2018-6789: Fixed a buffer overflow in the base64decode function,

which could be used to execute code remotely. (boo#1079832)

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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-2018-170=1

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

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (x86_64):

exim-4.86.2-20.1

exim-debuginfo-4.86.2-20.1

exim-debugsource-4.86.2-20.1

eximon-4.86.2-20.1

eximon-debuginfo-4.86.2-20.1

eximstats-html-4.86.2-20.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6789.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1079832

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:0468-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3

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