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openSUSE Leap 15.2: 2021:1235-1 Important libesmtp Stack Issue

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Calendar Grey September 7, 2021
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This patch resolves a significant vulnerability in libesmtp related to openSUSE Leap 15.2. Taking action is advised.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available

Description

This update for libesmtp fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2019-19977: Fixed stack-based buffer over-read in ntlm/ntlmstruct.c

(bsc#1160462).

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory important update openSUSE libesmtp stack over-read

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 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-1235=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (i586 x86_64):

libesmtp-1.0.6-lp152.4.3.1

libesmtp-debuginfo-1.0.6-lp152.4.3.1

libesmtp-debugsource-1.0.6-lp152.4.3.1

libesmtp-devel-1.0.6-lp152.4.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19977.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1160462

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1189097

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:1235-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.2 ble.

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