Recommended update for sudo

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:3318-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 Business Critical Linux 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.1

An update that contains one feature and has two fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for sudo fixes the following issues:

  • Update to sudo 1.8.27 (jsc#SLE-17083).
  • Fixed special handling of ipa_hostname (bsc#1181371).
  • Restore sudo ldap behavior to ignore expire dates when SUDOERS_TIMED option is not set in /etc/ldap.conf (bsc#1176473).

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:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2021-3318=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.0-2021-3318=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • sudo-debugsource-1.8.27-4.21.4
    • sudo-1.8.27-4.21.4
    • sudo-devel-1.8.27-4.21.4
    • sudo-debuginfo-1.8.27-4.21.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • sudo-debugsource-1.8.27-4.21.4
    • sudo-1.8.27-4.21.4
    • sudo-debuginfo-1.8.27-4.21.4

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