netqmail: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 202007-01

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in netqmail, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Affected packages

mail-mta/netqmail on all architectures
Affected versions < 1.06-r13
Unaffected versions >= 1.06-r13

Background

qmail is a secure, reliable, efficient, simple message transfer agent.

Description

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

Impact

In the default configuration, these vulnerabilities are only local. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All netqmail users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-mta/netqmail-1.06-r13"
 

References

Release date
July 26, 2020

Latest revision
July 26, 2020: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
local, remote

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