opensuse-su-2020:0491-1
Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse
Published
2020-04-09 14:19
Modified
2020-04-09 14:19
Summary
Security update for exim

Notes

Title of the patch
Security update for exim
Description of the patch
This update for exim fixes the following issues: - CVE-2020-8015: Fixed a local privilege escalation from user mail to root (boo#1154183).
Patchnames
openSUSE-2020-491
Terms of use
CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).


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