vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2017-1000367: ELSA-2017-1381: sudo security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
May 30, 2017
Added
Jun 5, 2017
Modified
Dec 3, 2025

Description

Todd Miller's sudo version 1.8.20 and earlier is vulnerable to an input validation (embedded spaces) in the get_process_ttyname() function resulting in information disclosure and command execution.
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.

Solutions

oracle-linux-upgrade-sudooracle-linux-upgrade-sudo-devel
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