SUSE 2022:3898-1 Important: Sendmail Privilege Escalation
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November 8, 2022
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available
Summary
This update for sendmail fixes the following issues: - CVE-2022-31256: Fixed mail to root privilege escalation via sm-client.pre script (bsc#1204696, bsc#1202937). 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 Module for Legacy Software 12: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Legacy-12-2022-3898=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy Software 12 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): sendmail-8.14.9-4.6.1 sendmail-debuginfo-8.14.9-4.6.1 sendmail-debugsource-8.14.9-4.6.1
Topics Covered
References
#1202937 #1204696
Cross- CVE-2022-31256
CVSS scores:
CVE-2022-31256 (NVD) : 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2022-31256 (SUSE): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy Software 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-31256.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1202937
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1204696
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:3898-1
Rating: important
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