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SUSE: 2021:2122-1 Important: Dovecot23 Credential Theft DoS

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Calendar Grey June 22, 2021
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SUSE Security Bulletin for dovecot23 resolves two significant vulnerabilities with essential update guidelines for multiple operating systems.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for dovecot23 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-29157: Local attacker can login as any user and access their emails (bsc#1187418) - CVE-2021-33515: Attacker can potentially steal user credentials and mails (bsc#1187419) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE 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: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-2021-2122=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-2021-2122=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2021-2122=1

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References

#1187418 #1187419

Cross- CVE-2021-29157 CVE-2021-33515

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-29157 (SUSE): 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CVE-2021-33515 (SUSE): 4.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-29157.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-33515.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1187418

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1187419

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:2122-1
Rating: important

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