Recommended update for sendmail

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:0567-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0

An update that has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for sendmail fixes the following issues:

  • If sendmail tried to reuse an SMTP session which had already been closed by the server, then the connection cache could have invalid information about the session, possibly STARTTLS was not used even if it was offered. (bsc#1164084)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2020-567=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • sendmail-debuginfo-8.15.2-8.6.1
    • libmilter1_0-8.15.2-8.6.1
    • libmilter1_0-debuginfo-8.15.2-8.6.1
    • sendmail-debugsource-8.15.2-8.6.1

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