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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 RHSA-2023:0280-01 Critical: Sudo Security Flaw

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Calendar Grey January 23, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Crucial sudo security patch released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 tackling serious vulnerabilities. Comprehensive information and remediation steps included.
An update for sudo is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP Solutions

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: arbitrary file write with privileges of the RunAs user (CVE-2023-22809)
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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux sudo important security issue arbitrary file write

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-22809 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1):
Source: sudo-1.8.25p1-8.el8_1.3.src.rpm
aarch64: sudo-1.8.25p1-8.el8_1.3.aarch64.rpm sudo-debuginfo-1.8.25p1-8.el8_1.3.aarch64.rpm sudo-debugsource-1.8.25p1-8.el8_1.3.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: sudo-1.8.25p1-8.el8_1.3.ppc64le.rpm sudo-debuginfo-1.8.25p1-8.el8_1.3.ppc64le.rpm sudo-debugsource-1.8.25p1-8.el8_1.3.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: sudo-1.8.25p1-8.el8_1.3.s390x.rpm sudo-debuginfo-1.8.25p1-8.el8_1.3.s390x.rpm sudo-debugsource-1.8.25p1-8.el8_1.3.s390x.rpm
x86_64: sudo-1.8.25p1-8.el8_1.3.x86_64.rpm sudo-debuginfo-1.8.25p1-8.el8_1.3.x86_64.rpm sudo-debugsource-1.8.25p1-8.el8_1.3.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/


Severity
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:0280-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0280
Issue date: 2023-01-23

Topic

An update for sudo is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 UpdateServices for SAP Solutions.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux sudo important security issue arbitrary file write

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2161142 - CVE-2023-22809 sudo: arbitrary file write with privileges of the RunAs user

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