SUSE-SU-2016:2904-1

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    SUSE-SU-2016:2904-1

    Published: 24 Nov 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for sudo

    Details: This update for sudo fixes the following security 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] - Fix unsafe handling of TZ environment variable. [CVE-2014-9680, bsc#917806] Additionally, these non-security fixes are included in the update: - Fix 'ignoring time stamp from the future' message after each boot with !tty_tickets. [bsc#899252] - Enable support for SASL-based authentication. [bsc#979531]

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20162904-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1007501, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1007766, https://bugzilla.suse.com/899252, https://bugzilla.suse.com/917806, https://bugzilla.suse.com/979531, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9680, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7032, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7076

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: sudo

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.8.10p3-2.6.1

    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