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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : sendmail (SUSE-SU-2022:3529-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 165727

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:3529-1 advisory.

 - Fixed SMTP session reuse leading to STARTTLS not used even if offered (bsc#1164084).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected sendmail package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1164084

http://www.nessus.org/u?7cb14e9a

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 165727

File Name: suse_SU-2022-3529-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/6/2022

Updated: 6/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sendmail

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/5/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/5/2022

Reference Information

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:3529-1