MGASA-2017-0207

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    MGASA-2017-0207

    Published: 13 Jul 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated sudo packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: A flaw was found in the way sudo parsed tty information from the process status file in the proc filesystem. A local user with privileges to execute commands via sudo could use this flaw to escalate their privileges to root. (CVE-2017-1000367)

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0207.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20996, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1382.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: sudo

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/sudo?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.8.20p2-1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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