GLSA 201601-04: OpenSMTPD: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:normal
Title:OpenSMTPD: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:01/27/2016
Bugs: #562034, #562290
ID:201601-04

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in OpenSMTPD, the worst allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

OpenSMTPD is a lightweight but featured SMTP daemon from OpenBSD.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
mail-mta/opensmtpd < 5.7.3_p1 >= 5.7.3_p1 All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenSMTPD. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All OpenSMTPD users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-mta/opensmtpd-5.7.3_p1"
    

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201601-04.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

Copyright 2010 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

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