Security update for sudo

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:0796-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2023-42465 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-42465 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2

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

Description:

This update for sudo fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2023-42465: Try to make sudo less vulnerable to ROWHAMMER attacks (bsc#1219026).

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:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP2-LTSS-2024-796=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP2-LTSS-2024-796=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP2-2024-796=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • sudo-1.8.27-150000.4.50.1
    • sudo-debugsource-1.8.27-150000.4.50.1
    • sudo-debuginfo-1.8.27-150000.4.50.1
    • sudo-devel-1.8.27-150000.4.50.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • sudo-1.8.27-150000.4.50.1
    • sudo-debugsource-1.8.27-150000.4.50.1
    • sudo-debuginfo-1.8.27-150000.4.50.1
    • sudo-devel-1.8.27-150000.4.50.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • sudo-1.8.27-150000.4.50.1
    • sudo-debugsource-1.8.27-150000.4.50.1
    • sudo-debuginfo-1.8.27-150000.4.50.1
    • sudo-devel-1.8.27-150000.4.50.1

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