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SUSE: 2021:1273-1 Critical: Sudo Security Threat Resolved

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Calendar Grey April 20, 2021
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SUSE Security Advisory: Critical sudo update released for various versions and distributions.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for sudo fixes the following issues: - L3: Tenable Scan reports sudo is vulnerable to CVE-2021-3156 (bsc#1183936) 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 9: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-9-2021-1273=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-8-2021-1273=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-9-2021-1273=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-8-2021-1273=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP4-2021-1273=1

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References

#1183936

Cross- CVE-2021-3156

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-3156 (NVD) : 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2021-3156 (SUSE): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9

SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL

HPE Helion Openstack 8

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

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1183936

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:1273-1
Rating: important

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