SUSE: 2020:0406-1 Critical Alert: sudo Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
suse
February 19, 2020
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available
Summary
This update for sudo fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed: - CVE-2019-18634: Fixed a buffer overflow in the passphrase prompt that could occur when pwfeedback was enabled in /etc/sudoers (bsc#1162202). Non-security issue fixed: - Fixed an issue where sudo -l would ask for a password even though `listpw` was set to `never` (bsc#1162675). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE 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: - SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-8-2020-406=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-8-2020-406=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4:
Topics Covered
References
#1162202 #1162675
Cross- CVE-2019-18634
Affected Products:
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4
SUSE Enterprise Storage 5
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0
HPE Helion Openstack 8
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-18634.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1162202
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1162675
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:0406-1
Rating: important
Topics Covered
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