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openSUSE 15.0: 2019:1212-1 Moderate: Dovecot23 Local Root Escalation

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Calendar Grey April 16, 2019
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
openSUSE has issued a security patch for a local privilege escalation vulnerability in dovecot23. Users should review the update details and follow the installation steps for protection
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for dovecot23 fixes the following issue:

Security issue fixed:

- CVE-2019-7524: Fixed an improper file handling which could result in

stack oveflow allowing local root escalation (bsc#1130116).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.0:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2019-1212=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (x86_64):

dovecot23-2.3.3-lp150.8.2

dovecot23-backend-mysql-2.3.3-lp150.8.2

dovecot23-backend-mysql-debuginfo-2.3.3-lp150.8.2

dovecot23-backend-pgsql-2.3.3-lp150.8.2

dovecot23-backend-pgsql-debuginfo-2.3.3-lp150.8.2

dovecot23-backend-sqlite-2.3.3-lp150.8.2

dovecot23-backend-sqlite-debuginfo-2.3.3-lp150.8.2

dovecot23-debuginfo-2.3.3-lp150.8.2

dovecot23-debugsource-2.3.3-lp150.8.2

dovecot23-devel-2.3.3-lp150.8.2

dovecot23-fts-2.3.3-lp150.8.2

dovecot23-fts-debuginfo-2.3.3-lp150.8.2

dovecot23-fts-lucene-2.3.3-lp150.8.2

dovecot23-fts-lucene-debuginfo-2.3.3-lp150.8.2

dovecot23-fts-solr-2.3.3-lp150.8.2

dovecot23-fts-solr-debuginfo-2.3.3-lp150.8.2

dovecot23-fts-squat-2.3.3-lp150.8.2

dovecot23-fts-squat-debuginfo-2.3.3-lp150.8.2

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-7524.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1130116

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:1212-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.0

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