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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7: RHSA-2023-3276-01 Important: Sudo Update Fix

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Calendar Grey May 24, 2023
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An update from Red Hat highlights a critical sudo patch that resolves potential arbitrary file write vulnerabilities. Discover the steps to implement this update.
An update for sudo is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Telco Extended Update Support, and Red Hat Enterprise Lin...

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.

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Topics Covered

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References

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

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7):
Source: sudo-1.8.23-4.el7_7.4.src.rpm
x86_64: sudo-1.8.23-4.el7_7.4.x86_64.rpm sudo-debuginfo-1.8.23-4.el7_7.4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.7):
Source: sudo-1.8.23-4.el7_7.4.src.rpm
ppc64le: sudo-1.8.23-4.el7_7.4.ppc64le.rpm sudo-debuginfo-1.8.23-4.el7_7.4.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64: sudo-1.8.23-4.el7_7.4.x86_64.rpm sudo-debuginfo-1.8.23-4.el7_7.4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 7.7):
Source: sudo-1.8.23-4.el7_7.4.src.rpm
x86_64: sudo-1.8.23-4.el7_7.4.x86_64.rpm sudo-debuginfo-1.8.23-4.el7_7.4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.7):
x86_64: sudo-debuginfo-1.8.23-4.el7_7.4.i686.rpm sudo-debuginfo-1.8.23-4.el7_7.4.x86_64.rpm sudo-devel-1.8.23-4.el7_7.4.i686.rpm sudo-devel-1.8.23-4.el7_7.4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional E4S (v. 7.7):
ppc64le: sudo-debuginfo-1.8.23-4.el7_7.4.ppc64le.rpm sudo-devel-1.8.23-4.el7_7.4.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64: sudo-debuginfo-1.8.23-4.el7_7.4.i686.rpm sudo-debuginfo-1.8.23-4.el7_7.4.x86_64.rpm sudo-devel-1.8.23-4.el7_7.4.i686.rpm sudo-devel-1.8.23-4.el7_7.4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional TUS (v. 7.7):
x86_64: sudo-debuginfo-1.8.23-4.el7_7.4.i686.rpm sudo-debuginfo-1.8.23-4.el7_7.4.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Severity
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:3276-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3276
Issue date: 2023-05-23

Topic

An update for sudo is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Telco Extended UpdateSupport, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Update Services for SAPSolutions.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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux security impact important advisory sudo update arbitrary write

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.7) - ppc64le, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional E4S (v. 7.7) - ppc64le, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional TUS (v. 7.7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 7.7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

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

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