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Oracle Linux: CVE-2017-1000368: ELSA-2017-1574: sudo security update (MODERATE)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2017-1000368: ELSA-2017-1574: sudo security update (MODERATE)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
06/02/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/23/2017
Modified
08/06/2024

Description

Todd Miller's sudo version 1.8.20p1 and earlier is vulnerable to an input validation (embedded newlines) in the get_process_ttyname() function resulting in information disclosure and command execution.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-sudo
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-sudo-devel

References

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