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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS USN-6005-2 Critical: Sudo Access Control Flaw

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Calendar Grey May 29, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The latest releases in Fedora enhance protections in DNF, fortifying system security and package management functionalities.
Several security issues were fixed in Sudo.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Sudo.

Software Description:

- sudo: Provide limited super user privileges to specific users

Details:

USN-6005-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Sudo. This update

provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

 Matthieu Barjole and Victor Cutillas discovered that Sudo incorrectly

 escaped control characters in log messages and sudoreplay output. An

 attacker could possibly use these issues to inject terminal control

 characters that alter output when being viewed.

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   sudo                               1.8.16-0ubuntu1.10+esm2
   sudo-ldap                       1.8.16-0ubuntu1.10+esm2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6005-2

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6005-1

  CVE-2023-28486, CVE-2023-28487

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May 29, 2023

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