Security update for sudo

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:2893-1
Rating: moderate
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2016-7032 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2016-7076 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 12-SP2

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for sudo fixes the following issues:

  • fix two security vulnerabilities that allowed users to bypass sudo's NOEXEC functionality:
  • noexec bypass via system() and popen() [CVE-2016-7032, bsc#1007766]
  • noexec bypass via wordexp() [CVE-2016-7076, bsc#1007501]

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 Desktop 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2016-1686=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2016-1686=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2016-1686=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2016-1686=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2016-1686=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2016-1686=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 (x86_64)
    • sudo-1.8.10p3-8.1
    • sudo-debugsource-1.8.10p3-8.1
    • sudo-debuginfo-1.8.10p3-8.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64)
    • sudo-1.8.10p3-8.1
    • sudo-debugsource-1.8.10p3-8.1
    • sudo-debuginfo-1.8.10p3-8.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 12-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • sudo-debuginfo-1.8.10p3-8.1
    • sudo-debugsource-1.8.10p3-8.1
    • sudo-devel-1.8.10p3-8.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • sudo-1.8.10p3-8.1
    • sudo-debugsource-1.8.10p3-8.1
    • sudo-debuginfo-1.8.10p3-8.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • sudo-1.8.10p3-8.1
    • sudo-debugsource-1.8.10p3-8.1
    • sudo-debuginfo-1.8.10p3-8.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • sudo-1.8.10p3-8.1
    • sudo-debugsource-1.8.10p3-8.1
    • sudo-debuginfo-1.8.10p3-8.1

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