SUSE-SU-2017:1626-1

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    SUSE-SU-2017:1626-1

    Published: 20 Jun 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for sudo

    Details: This update for sudo fixes the following security issue: - CVE-2017-1000368: A follow-up fix to CVE-2017-1000367, the Linux process name could also contain a newline, which could be used to trick sudo to read/write to an arbitrary open terminal. (bsc#1042146) Also the following non security bug was fixed: - Link the 'system_group' plugin with sudo_util library to resolve the missing sudo_dso_findsym symbol (bsc#1034560)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20171626-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1034560, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1042146, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000368

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: sudo

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.8.10p3-10.10.2

    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