Security update for sudo

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1626-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2017-1000368 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-1000368 ( NVD ): 8.2 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Magnum Orchestration 7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 12-SP2

An update that solves one vulnerability and has one security fix can now be installed.

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 update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Magnum Orchestration 7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Magnum-Orchestration-7-2017-1002=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-1002=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-1002=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2017-1002=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-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 Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1002=1

Package List:

  • Magnum Orchestration 7 (x86_64)
    • sudo-debuginfo-1.8.10p3-10.10.2
    • sudo-debugsource-1.8.10p3-10.10.2
    • sudo-1.8.10p3-10.10.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 (x86_64)
    • sudo-debuginfo-1.8.10p3-10.10.2
    • sudo-debugsource-1.8.10p3-10.10.2
    • sudo-1.8.10p3-10.10.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64)
    • sudo-debuginfo-1.8.10p3-10.10.2
    • sudo-debugsource-1.8.10p3-10.10.2
    • sudo-1.8.10p3-10.10.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 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 High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • sudo-debuginfo-1.8.10p3-10.10.2
    • sudo-debugsource-1.8.10p3-10.10.2
    • sudo-1.8.10p3-10.10.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • sudo-debuginfo-1.8.10p3-10.10.2
    • sudo-debugsource-1.8.10p3-10.10.2
    • sudo-1.8.10p3-10.10.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • sudo-debuginfo-1.8.10p3-10.10.2
    • sudo-debugsource-1.8.10p3-10.10.2
    • sudo-1.8.10p3-10.10.2

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