Mageia 2021-0056: sudo security update
Summary
A serious heap-based buffer overflow has been discovered in sudo that is
exploitable by any local user. It has been given the name Baron Samedit
by its discoverer. The bug can be leveraged to elevate privileges to
root, even if the user is not listed in the sudoers file. User
authentication is not required to exploit the bug (CVE-2021-3156).
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References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28230
- - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3156
Resolution
MGASA-2021-0056 - Updated sudo packages fix security vulnerability
SRPMS
- 7/core/sudo-1.9.5p2-1.mga7