OPENSUSE-SU-2021:1642-1
Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2021-12-30 15:02 - Updated: 2026-09-20 19:31Summary
Security update for postrsd
Severity
Moderate
Notes
Title of the patch: Security update for postrsd
Description of the patch:
postrsd was updated to release 1.11 [boo#1180251]:
* Drop group privileges as well as user privileges
* Fixed: The subprocess that talks to Postfix could be caused
to hang with a very long email address. [CVE-2020-35573]
- Update to release 1.6
* Fix endianness issue with SHA-1 implementation
* Add dual stack support
* Make SRS separator configurable
Patchnames: openSUSE-2021-1642
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
7.5 (High)
Affected products
Recommended
10 products
| Product | Identifier | Version | Remediation |
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| Unresolved product id: SUSE Package Hub 15 SP3:postsrsd-0:1.11-bp153.2.3.1.aarch64 | — |
Vendor Fix
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| Unresolved product id: SUSE Package Hub 15 SP3:postsrsd-0:1.11-bp153.2.3.1.i586 | — |
Vendor Fix
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| Unresolved product id: SUSE Package Hub 15 SP3:postsrsd-0:1.11-bp153.2.3.1.ppc64le | — |
Vendor Fix
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| Unresolved product id: SUSE Package Hub 15 SP3:postsrsd-0:1.11-bp153.2.3.1.s390x | — |
Vendor Fix
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| Unresolved product id: SUSE Package Hub 15 SP3:postsrsd-0:1.11-bp153.2.3.1.x86_64 | — |
Vendor Fix
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| Unresolved product id: openSUSE Leap 15.3:postsrsd-0:1.11-bp153.2.3.1.aarch64 | — |
Vendor Fix
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| Unresolved product id: openSUSE Leap 15.3:postsrsd-0:1.11-bp153.2.3.1.i586 | — |
Vendor Fix
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| Unresolved product id: openSUSE Leap 15.3:postsrsd-0:1.11-bp153.2.3.1.ppc64le | — |
Vendor Fix
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| Unresolved product id: openSUSE Leap 15.3:postsrsd-0:1.11-bp153.2.3.1.s390x | — |
Vendor Fix
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| Unresolved product id: openSUSE Leap 15.3:postsrsd-0:1.11-bp153.2.3.1.x86_64 | — |
Vendor Fix
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Threats
Impact
moderate
References
8 references
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