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RedHat: RHSA-2019-3278-01 Important: Sudo Privilege Escalation Risk

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Calendar Grey October 31, 2019
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A critical security patch is now accessible for CentOS, targeting possible authorization vulnerabilities.
An update for sudo is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Telco Extended Update Support, and Red Hat Enterprise L...

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

The sudo packages contain the sudo utility which allows system administrators to provide certain users with the permission to execute privileged commands, which are used for system management purposes, without having to log in as root.
Security Fix(es):
* sudo: Privilege escalation via 'Runas' specification with 'ALL' keyword (CVE-2019-14287)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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Topics Covered

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14287 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.2):
Source: sudo-1.8.6p7-17.el7_2.2.src.rpm
x86_64: sudo-1.8.6p7-17.el7_2.2.x86_64.rpm sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p7-17.el7_2.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.2):
Source: sudo-1.8.6p7-17.el7_2.2.src.rpm
x86_64: sudo-1.8.6p7-17.el7_2.2.x86_64.rpm sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p7-17.el7_2.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 7.2):
Source: sudo-1.8.6p7-17.el7_2.2.src.rpm
x86_64: sudo-1.8.6p7-17.el7_2.2.x86_64.rpm sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p7-17.el7_2.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.2):
x86_64: sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p7-17.el7_2.2.i686.rpm sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p7-17.el7_2.2.x86_64.rpm sudo-devel-1.8.6p7-17.el7_2.2.i686.rpm sudo-devel-1.8.6p7-17.el7_2.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional E4S (v. 7.2):
x86_64: sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p7-17.el7_2.2.i686.rpm sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p7-17.el7_2.2.x86_64.rpm sudo-devel-1.8.6p7-17.el7_2.2.i686.rpm sudo-devel-1.8.6p7-17.el7_2.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional TUS (v. 7.2):
x86_64: sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p7-17.el7_2.2.i686.rpm sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p7-17.el7_2.2.x86_64.rpm sudo-devel-1.8.6p7-17.el7_2.2.i686.rpm sudo-devel-1.8.6p7-17.el7_2.2.x86_64.rpm


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:3278-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3278
Issue date: 2019-10-31

Topic

An update for sudo is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Telco Extended Update Support, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory red hat software update privilege escalation security fix important sudo

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.2) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.2) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.2) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional E4S (v. 7.2) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional TUS (v. 7.2) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 7.2) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1760531 - CVE-2019-14287 sudo: Privilege escalation via 'Runas' specification with 'ALL' keyword

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