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openSUSE: 2021:0754-1 Critical: Exim Heap Buffer Overflow Fix

opensuse
Calendar Grey May 20, 2021
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Essential openSUSE security patch tackling 30 vulnerabilities in PostgreSQL to bolster system security and reliability.
An update that fixes 26 vulnerabilities is now available

Description

This update for exim fixes the following issues:

Exim was updated to exim-4.94.2

security update (boo#1185631)

* CVE-2020-28007: Link attack in Exim's log directory

* CVE-2020-28008: Assorted attacks in Exim's spool directory

* CVE-2020-28014: Arbitrary PID file creation

* CVE-2020-28011: Heap buffer overflow in queue_run()

* CVE-2020-28010: Heap out-of-bounds write in main()

* CVE-2020-28013: Heap buffer overflow in parse_fix_phrase()

* CVE-2020-28016: Heap out-of-bounds write in parse_fix_phrase()

* CVE-2020-28015: New-line injection into spool header file (local)

* CVE-2020-28012: Missing close-on-exec flag for privileged pipe

* CVE-2020-28009: Integer overflow in get_stdinput()

* CVE-2020-28017: Integer overflow in receive_add_recipient()

* CVE-2020-28020: Integer overflow in receive_msg()

* CVE-2020-28023: Out-of-bounds read in smtp_setup_msg()

* CVE-2020-28021: New-line injection into spool...

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Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow critical exim remote execution heap overflow openSUSE heap exploit message system

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 Backports SLE-15-SP2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-754=1

Package List

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

exim-4.94.2-bp152.6.4.1

eximon-4.94.2-bp152.6.4.1

eximstats-html-4.94.2-bp152.6.4.1

libspf2-2-1.2.10-bp152.5.1

libspf2-2-debuginfo-1.2.10-bp152.5.1

libspf2-debuginfo-1.2.10-bp152.5.1

libspf2-debugsource-1.2.10-bp152.5.1

libspf2-devel-1.2.10-bp152.5.1

libspf2-tools-1.2.10-bp152.5.1

libspf2-tools-debuginfo-1.2.10-bp152.5.1

References

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

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

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16944.html

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

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-16928.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12783.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-28007.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-28008.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-28009.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-28010.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-28011.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-28012.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-28013.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-28014.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-28015.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-28016.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-28017.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-28018.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-28...

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:0754-1
Rating: critical
Affected Products: openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2 .

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow critical exim remote execution heap overflow openSUSE heap exploit message system

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