openSUSE Leap 15.0: 2019:2333-1 Important: Sudo Privilege Escalation
opensuse
October 17, 2019
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description
This update for sudo fixes the following issue:
- CVE-2019-14287: Fixed an issue where a user with sudo privileges that
allowed them to run commands with an arbitrary uid, could run commands
as root, despite being forbidden to do so in sudoers (bsc#1153674).
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.
Topics Covered
Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 15.0:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2019-2333=1
Package List
- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (i586 x86_64):
sudo-1.8.22-lp150.8.1
sudo-debuginfo-1.8.22-lp150.8.1
sudo-debugsource-1.8.22-lp150.8.1
sudo-devel-1.8.22-lp150.8.1
sudo-test-1.8.22-lp150.8.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14287.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1153674
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:2333-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.0
Topics Covered
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