sudo-1.8.10p3-10.10.2 - sorry, you must have a tty to run sudo.

This document (7021027) is provided subject to the disclaimer at the end of this document.

Environment

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12

Situation

Following the installation of sudo-1.8.10p3-10.10.2, the "sudo -l" commands returns the following:

sudo: sorry, you must have a tty to run sudo

Resolution

There are two workarounds available :

Option 1 : Remove the "Defaults requiretty" line from the sudoers file .
Option 2 : Revert to sudo-1.8.10p3-10.5.1

Cause

The root cause for this is due to a bug in the fix for CVE-2017-1000368.

Additional Information

This has been reported to engineering.

Disclaimer

This Support Knowledgebase provides a valuable tool for SUSE customers and parties interested in our products and solutions to acquire information, ideas and learn from one another. Materials are provided for informational, personal or non-commercial use within your organization and are presented "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.