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openSUSE Leap 15.2 SU-2021:0602-1 Critical: sudo Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey April 23, 2021
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
A significant update for openSUSE has been released to fix a critical sudo flaw, accompanied by a rating and advisory identifier. Immediate attention is recommended.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for sudo fixes the following issues:

- L3: Tenable Scan reports sudo is vulnerable to CVE-2021-3156

(bsc#1183936)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update critical patch important sudo openSUSE CVE-2021-3156

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 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-602=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (i586 x86_64):

sudo-1.8.22-lp152.8.9.1

sudo-debuginfo-1.8.22-lp152.8.9.1

sudo-debugsource-1.8.22-lp152.8.9.1

sudo-devel-1.8.22-lp152.8.9.1

sudo-test-1.8.22-lp152.8.9.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3156.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1183936

Severity
important
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Critical

Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:0602-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.2 .

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update critical patch important sudo openSUSE CVE-2021-3156

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