Recommended update for sudo

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2022:3815-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5

An update that has two fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for sudo fixes the following issues:

  • Ignore entries when converting LDAP to sudoers. Prevents empty host list being treated as "ALL" wildcard (bsc#1201462)
  • Removed redundant and confusing 'secure_path' settings in sudo-sudoers file (bsc#1177578)

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 Software Development Kit 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2022-3815=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2022-3815=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2022-3815=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2022-3815=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • sudo-devel-1.8.27-4.23.1
    • sudo-debuginfo-1.8.27-4.23.1
    • sudo-debugsource-1.8.27-4.23.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • sudo-1.8.27-4.23.1
    • sudo-debuginfo-1.8.27-4.23.1
    • sudo-debugsource-1.8.27-4.23.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • sudo-1.8.27-4.23.1
    • sudo-debuginfo-1.8.27-4.23.1
    • sudo-debugsource-1.8.27-4.23.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • sudo-1.8.27-4.23.1
    • sudo-debuginfo-1.8.27-4.23.1
    • sudo-debugsource-1.8.27-4.23.1

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