A flaw was found in the way sudo parsed tty information from the process status file in the proc filesystem. A local user with privileges to execute commands via sudo could use this flaw to escalate their privileges to root. (CVE-2017-1000367) SL6 x86_64 sudo-1.8.6p3-28.el6_9.x86_64.rpm sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p3-28.el6_9.x86_64.rpm sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p3-28.el6_9.i686.rpm sudo- [More...]. Synopsis: Important: sudo security update Advisory ID: SLSA-2017:1382-1 Issue Date: 2017-05-30 CVE Numbers: CVE-2017-1000367 -- Security Fix(es): * A flaw was found in the way sudo parsed tty information from the process status file in the proc filesystem. A local user with privileges to execute commands via sudo could use this flaw to escalate their privileges to root. (CVE-2017-1000367) -- SL6 x86_64 sudo-1.8.6p3-28.el6_9.x86_64.rpm sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p3-28.el6_9.x86_64.rpm sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p3-28.el6_9.i686.rpm sudo-devel-1.8.6p3-28.el6_9.i686.rpm sudo-devel-1.8.6p3-28.el6_9.x86_64.rpm i386 sudo-1.8.6p3-28.el6_9.i686.rpm sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p3-28.el6_9.i686.rpm sudo-devel-1.8.6p3-28.el6_9.i686.rpm SL7 x86_64 sudo-1.8.6p7-22.el7_3.x86_64.rpm sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p7-22.el7_3.x86_64.rpm sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p7-22.el7_3.i686.rpm sudo-devel-1.8.6p7-22.el7_3.i686.rpm sudo-devel-1.8.6p7-22.el7_3.x86_64.rpm - Scientific Linux Development Team . Crucial sudo security patch for Scientific Linux versions 6 and 7 resolves privilege escalation flaws.. sudo security update, privilege escalation, Scientific Linux, SL6, SL7. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team
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