Upstream information
Description
The SHA-2 digest support in the sudoers plugin in sudo after 1.8.7 allows local users with write permissions to parts of the called command to replace them before it is executed.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| National Vulnerability Database | SUSE | |
|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 6.9 | 4.6 |
| Vector | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C | AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Local | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium | High |
| Authentication | None | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Complete | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Complete | Partial |
Note from the SUSE Security Team
This issue is only a problem if you allow sudo of specific binaries in user writable locations (and checking them with SHA2 digests). This scenario does not seem common, and we recommend not to allow sudo executing specific binaries in userwritable locations. SUSE Bugzilla entry: 955994 [RESOLVED / WONTFIX] No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products under general support and receiving all security fixes. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS | sudo | Not affected |
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 | sudo | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 | sudo | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 | sudo | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 | sudo | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 | sudo | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS | sudo | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | sudo | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS | sudo | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 | sudo | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 | sudo | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS | sudo | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 | sudo | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 | sudo | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 | sudo | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 | sudo | Not affected |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Wed Nov 18 17:44:38 2015CVE page last modified: Fri Oct 13 19:06:56 2023