SUSE: 2022:3899-1 Important: Sendmail Privilege Escalation Threat
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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: - openSUSE Leap 15.4: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2022-3899=1 - openSUSE Leap 15.3: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2022-3899=1 - SUSE Manager Server 4.1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.1-2022-3899=1 - SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-Server-4.1-2022-3899=1 - SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1:
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 CaaS Platform 4.0
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15-SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-ESPOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP2-ESPOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP2-LTSS
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:3899-1
Rating: important
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