SUSE-SU-2017:1627-1: important: Security update for sudo

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for sudo
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2017:1627-1
Rating:             important
References:         #1034560 #1042146 
Cross-References:   CVE-2017-1000368
Affected Products:
                    SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata
   is now available.

Description:

   This update for sudo fixes the following issues:

   - 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)


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-6-2017-1001=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2017-1001=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-2017-1001=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-1001=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2017-1001=1

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6 (x86_64):

      sudo-1.8.10p3-2.16.1
      sudo-debuginfo-1.8.10p3-2.16.1
      sudo-debugsource-1.8.10p3-2.16.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1 (ppc64le x86_64):

      sudo-1.8.10p3-2.16.1
      sudo-debuginfo-1.8.10p3-2.16.1
      sudo-debugsource-1.8.10p3-2.16.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12 (x86_64):

      sudo-1.8.10p3-2.16.1
      sudo-debuginfo-1.8.10p3-2.16.1
      sudo-debugsource-1.8.10p3-2.16.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      sudo-1.8.10p3-2.16.1
      sudo-debuginfo-1.8.10p3-2.16.1
      sudo-debugsource-1.8.10p3-2.16.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      sudo-1.8.10p3-2.16.1
      sudo-debuginfo-1.8.10p3-2.16.1
      sudo-debugsource-1.8.10p3-2.16.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000368.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1034560
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1042146



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