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SUSE Linux: 2021:1275-1 Critical: Sudo Security Vulnerability Alert

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Calendar Grey April 20, 2021
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SUSE has released a critical security update for sudo to mitigate CVE-2021-3156 vulnerabilities, including detailed patch guidelines.
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 MicroOS 5.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.0-2021-1275=1 - SUSE Manager Server 4.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.0-2021-1275=1 - SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-Server-4.0-2021-1275=1 - SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.0-2021-1275=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP1:

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security advisory update important sudo system patch SUSE Linux CVE-2021-3156

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 MicroOS 5.0

SUSE Manager Server 4.0

SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0

SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-BCL

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-ESPOS

SUSE Linux Enterprise...

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:1275-1
Rating: important

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security advisory update important sudo system patch SUSE Linux CVE-2021-3156

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