Security update for fetchmail

SUSE Security Update: Security update for fetchmail
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:0872-1
Rating: moderate
References: #775988
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

  • An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

    Description:


    This update for fetchmail fixes the following issues:

    - CVE-2012-3482: A denial of service vulnerability in the base64 decoder
    during processing server NTLM protocol exchange was fixed (bsc#775988).

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch slessp4-fetchmail-12472=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp4-fetchmail-12472=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-fetchmail-12472=1

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • fetchmail-6.3.8.90-13.20.21.1
      • fetchmailconf-6.3.8.90-13.20.21.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4 (i586 x86_64):
      • fetchmail-6.3.8.90-13.20.21.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • fetchmail-debuginfo-6.3.8.90-13.20.21.1
      • fetchmail-debugsource-6.3.8.90-13.20.21.1

    References: