Security update for sendmail
SUSE Security Update: Security update for sendmail
sendmail has been updated to fix the following security issue:
* Not properly closing file descriptors before executing programs
(CVE-2014-3956).
Security Issues:
* CVE-2014-3956
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2014:0872-1 |
| Rating: | low |
| References: | #881284 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description:
sendmail has been updated to fix the following security issue:
* Not properly closing file descriptors before executing programs
(CVE-2014-3956).
Security Issues:
* CVE-2014-3956
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 Software Development Kit 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch sdksp3-rmail-9345 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-rmail-9345 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-rmail-9345
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- sendmail-devel-8.14.3-50.24.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
- sendmail-8.14.3-50.24.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
- sendmail-8.14.3-50.24.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- sendmail-8.14.3-50.24.1
References:
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3956.html
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/881284
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=4bfe755a8627746ff3e865aad2a79a0a