openSUSE alert openSUSE-SU-2014:0805-1 (sendmail)

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openSUSE-SU-2014:0805-1: moderate: sendmail: Close file descriptors before executing programs 
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Tue, 17 Jun 2014 16:04:12 +0200 (CEST)
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   openSUSE Security Update: sendmail: Close file descriptors before executing programs
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2014:0805-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #881284 
Cross-References:   CVE-2014-3956
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 11.4
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   An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

   sendmail was updated to properly close file descriptors before executing
   programs.


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 2014-66

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


Package List:

   - openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64):

      rmail-8.14.3-64.1
      rmail-debuginfo-8.14.3-64.1
      sendmail-8.14.4-64.1
      sendmail-debuginfo-8.14.4-64.1
      sendmail-debugsource-8.14.4-64.1
      sendmail-devel-8.14.4-64.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3956.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/881284