Security update for sudo
SUSE Security Update: Security update for sudo| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2021:0232-1 |
| Rating: | important |
| References: | #1180684 #1181090 |
| Cross-References: | CVE-2021-23239 CVE-2021-3156 |
| Affected Products: |
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An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.
Description:
This update for sudo fixes the following issues:
- A Heap-based buffer overflow in sudo could be exploited to allow a user to gain root privileges [bsc#1181090,CVE-2021-3156]
- It was possible for a user to test for the existence of a directory due to a Race Condition in `sudoedit` [bsc#1180684,CVE-2021-23239]
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Security 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 OpenStack Cloud 7:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2021-232=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2021-232=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2021-232=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2021-232=1
Package List:
- SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 (s390x x86_64):
- sudo-1.8.10p3-10.29.1
- sudo-debuginfo-1.8.10p3-10.29.1
- sudo-debugsource-1.8.10p3-10.29.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2 (ppc64le x86_64):
- sudo-1.8.10p3-10.29.1
- sudo-debuginfo-1.8.10p3-10.29.1
- sudo-debugsource-1.8.10p3-10.29.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
- sudo-1.8.10p3-10.29.1
- sudo-debuginfo-1.8.10p3-10.29.1
- sudo-debugsource-1.8.10p3-10.29.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL (x86_64):
- sudo-1.8.10p3-10.29.1
- sudo-debuginfo-1.8.10p3-10.29.1
- sudo-debugsource-1.8.10p3-10.29.1