[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2017:1627-1: important: Security update for sudo

news · June 20, 2017

SUSE Security Update: Security update for sudo

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1627-1

Rating: important

References: #1034560 #1042146

Cross-References: CVE-2017-1000368

Affected Products:

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS

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An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata

is now available.

Description:

This update for sudo fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2017-1000368: A follow-up fix to CVE-2017-1000367, the Linux process

name could also contain a newline, which could be used to trick sudo to

read/write to an arbitrary open terminal. (bsc#1042146)

Also the following non security bug was fixed:

- Link the "system_group" plugin with sudo_util library to resolve the

missing sudo_dso_findsym symbol (bsc#1034560)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-6-2017-1001=1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2017-1001=1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-2017-1001=1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-1001=1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2017-1001=1

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

Package List:

- SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6 (x86_64):

sudo-1.8.10p3-2.16.1