openSUSE Security Update: Security update for sudo
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2021:0170-1
Rating:             important
References:         #1180684 #1180685 #1180687 #1181090 
Cross-References:   CVE-2021-23239 CVE-2021-23240 CVE-2021-3156
                   
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE Leap 15.2
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   An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has one
   errata 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]
   - A Possible Symlink Attack vector existed in `sudoedit` if SELinux was
     running in permissive mode [bsc#1180685, CVE-2021-23240]
   - It was possible for a User to enable Debug Settings not Intended for
     them [bsc#1180687]

   This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.


Patch Instructions:

   To install this openSUSE 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:

   - openSUSE Leap 15.2:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-170=1



Package List:

   - openSUSE Leap 15.2 (i586 x86_64):

      sudo-1.8.22-lp152.8.6.1
      sudo-debuginfo-1.8.22-lp152.8.6.1
      sudo-debugsource-1.8.22-lp152.8.6.1
      sudo-devel-1.8.22-lp152.8.6.1
      sudo-test-1.8.22-lp152.8.6.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-23239.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-23240.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3156.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1180684
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1180685
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1180687
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1181090

openSUSE: 2021:0170-1 important: sudo

January 27, 2021
An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has one errata 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] - A Possible Symlink Attack vector existed in `sudoedit` if SELinux was running in permissive mode [bsc#1180685, CVE-2021-23240] - It was possible for a User to enable Debug Settings not Intended for them [bsc#1180687] This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

 

Patch

Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE 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: - openSUSE Leap 15.2: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-170=1


Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (i586 x86_64): sudo-1.8.22-lp152.8.6.1 sudo-debuginfo-1.8.22-lp152.8.6.1 sudo-debugsource-1.8.22-lp152.8.6.1 sudo-devel-1.8.22-lp152.8.6.1 sudo-test-1.8.22-lp152.8.6.1


References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-23239.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-23240.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3156.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1180684 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1180685 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1180687 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1181090


Severity
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:0170-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.2 ble.

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