Security update for fetchmail

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:0872-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

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 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 Desktop 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch sledsp4-fetchmail-12472=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-fetchmail-12472=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-fetchmail-12472=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 (x86_64 i586)
    • fetchmail-6.3.8.90-13.20.21.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • fetchmailconf-6.3.8.90-13.20.21.1
    • fetchmail-6.3.8.90-13.20.21.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • fetchmailconf-6.3.8.90-13.20.21.1
    • fetchmail-6.3.8.90-13.20.21.1

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