[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2017:1626-1: important: Security update for sudo

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SUSE Security Update: Security update for sudo

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1626-1

Rating: important

References: #1034560 #1042146

Cross-References: CVE-2017-1000368

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2

OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7

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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 security issue:

 

- 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 Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP2:

 

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2017-1002=1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2:

 

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-1002=1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2:

 

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1002=1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2:

 

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-1002=1

 

- OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7:

 

zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Magnum-Orchestration-7-2017-1002=1

 

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

 

 

Package List:

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

 

sudo-debuginfo-1.8.10p3-10.10.2

sudo-debugsource-1.8.10p3-10.10.2

sudo-devel-1.8.10p3-10.10.2

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64):

 

sudo-1.8.10p3-10.10.2

sudo-debuginfo-1.8.10p3-10.10.2

sudo-debugsource-1.8.10p3-10.10.2

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le x86_64):

 

sudo-1.8.10p3-10.10.2

sudo-debuginfo-1.8.10p3-10.10.2

sudo-debugsource-1.8.10p3-10.10.2

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2 (x86_64):

 

sudo-1.8.10p3-10.10.2

sudo-debuginfo-1.8.10p3-10.10.2

sudo-debugsource-1.8.10p3-10.10.2

 

- OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7 (x86_64):

 

sudo-1.8.10p3-10.10.2

sudo-debuginfo-1.8.10p3-10.10.2

sudo-debugsource-1.8.10p3-10.10.2

 

 

References:

 

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000368.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1034560

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1042146

 

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