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Fedora 24: FEDORA-2017-5f01b12345 Moderate: Sudo Function Bug

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Calendar Grey November 25, 2016
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Ubuntu 20.04 system update resolves CVE-2016-7091, rectifying a critical vulnerability in user privilege handling.
- update to 1.8.18p1 - fixes CVE-2016-7076

Summary

Update Information:

- update to 1.8.18p1 - fixes CVE-2016-7076

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update Fedora access control sudo command issue

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1384982 - CVE-2016-7076 sudo: noexec bypass via wordexp() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384982

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade sudo' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Name: sudo
Product: Fedora 23
Version: 1.8.18p1
Release: 1.fc23
URL: Summary : Allows restricted root access for specified usersDescription :

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update Fedora access control sudo command issue

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