A fetchmail security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.3.

openSUSE-SU-2021:2791-1: moderate: Security update for fetchmail

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for fetchmail
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:2791-1
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 15.3
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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)

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 15.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2021-2791=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

fetchmail-6.3.26-20.14.1
fetchmail-debuginfo-6.3.26-20.14.1
fetchmail-debugsource-6.3.26-20.14.1
fetchmailconf-6.3.26-20.14.1

References:

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