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SUSE: 2021:3492-1 Moderate: FETCHMAIL STARTTLS Encryption Issue

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Calendar Grey October 20, 2021
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SUSE Security Announcement: Update for openssl. Notification ID: SUSE-SU-2021:4578-2 with a high severity rating.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for fetchmail fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-39272: Fix failure to enforce STARTTLS session encryption in some circumstances, such as a certain situation with IMAP and PREAUTH. (bsc#1190069) 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 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2021-3492=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): fetchmail-6.3.26-13.15.1 fetchmail-debuginfo-6.3.26-13.15.1 fetchmail-debugsource-6.3.26-13.15.1 fetchmailconf-6.3.26-13.15.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory fetchmail moderate severity SUSE encryption issue patch instructions IMAP issue

References

#1190069

Cross- CVE-2021-39272

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-39272 (SUSE): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-39272.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1190069

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:3492-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory fetchmail moderate severity SUSE encryption issue patch instructions IMAP issue

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