A fetchmail security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.2.

openSUSE-SU-2021:1183-1: moderate: Security update for fetchmail

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for fetchmail
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:1183-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1188034 #1188875
Cross-References: CVE-2021-36386
CVSS scores:
CVE-2021-36386 (NVD) : 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVE-2021-36386 (SUSE): 5.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.2
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An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata
is now available.

Description:

This update for fetchmail fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2021-36386: Fixed a missing variable initialization that can cause
read from bad memory locations. (bsc#1188875)
- Change PASSWORDLEN from 64 to 256 (bsc#1188034)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE 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 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-1183=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (x86_64):

fetchmail-6.3.26-lp152.6.6.1
fetchmail-debuginfo-6.3.26-lp152.6.6.1
fetchmail-debugsource-6.3.26-lp152.6.6.1
fetchmailconf-6.3.26-lp152.6.6.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-36386.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1188034
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1188875