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openSUSE: 2021:0289-2 Moderate: exim Local Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey April 9, 2020
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
This patch resolves a security vulnerability concerning privilege elevation in the apache server for Fedora users. Install the update promptly to enhance system safety.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available.

Description

This update for exim fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2020-8015: Fixed a local privilege escalation from user mail to root

(boo#1154183).

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update local privilege escalation exim openSUSE

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 15.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-491=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (x86_64):

exim-4.88-lp151.4.12.1

exim-debuginfo-4.88-lp151.4.12.1

exim-debugsource-4.88-lp151.4.12.1

eximon-4.88-lp151.4.12.1

eximon-debuginfo-4.88-lp151.4.12.1

eximstats-html-4.88-lp151.4.12.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8015.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1154183

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1160726

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:0491-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.1 le.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update local privilege escalation exim openSUSE

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