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SUSE: 2021:2124-1 Important: Local Access Risk in Dovecot23

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Calendar Grey June 22, 2021
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New update released for dovecot23 in SUSE resolving two vulnerabilities: local login and password exposure. Review your systems immediately.
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 Manager Server 4.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.0-2021-2124=1 - SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-Server-4.0-2021-2124=1 - SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.0-2021-2124=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory important system update local access SUSE Linux credential theft dovecot23

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 Manager Server 4.0

SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0

SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-BCL

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-ESPOS

SUSE Enterprise Storage 6

SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0

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

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:2124-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory important system update local access SUSE Linux credential theft dovecot23

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