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   openSUSE Security Update: update exim to version 4.83
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2014:0986-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #764120 #888520 
Cross-References:   CVE-2012-5671 CVE-2014-2957 CVE-2014-2972
                   
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 11.4
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   An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

   This release of Exim includes one incompatible fix: the behavior of
   expansion of arguments to math comparison functions (<, <=, =, =>, >) was
   unexpected, expanding the values twice; CVE-2014-2972; (bnc#888520). This
   update also addresses CVE-2012-5671, CVE-2014-2957, and the bugs 764120
   and 888520.


Patch Instructions:

   To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - openSUSE 11.4:

      zypper in -t patch 2014-73

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64):

      exim-4.83-27.1
      exim-debuginfo-4.83-27.1
      exim-debugsource-4.83-27.1
      eximon-4.83-27.1
      eximon-debuginfo-4.83-27.1
      eximstats-html-4.83-27.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5671.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2957.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2972.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/764120
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/888520