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Scientific Linux: SLSA-2016:2872-1 Moderate: Sudo Permissions Exploit

Moderate: sudo security update. Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 18:20:55 -0000 Reply-To: scientific-linux-users@ Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux From: Scott Reid Subject: Security ERRATA Moderate: sudo on SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Synopsis: Moderate: sudo security update Advisory ID: SLSA-2016:2872-1 Issue Date: 2016-12-06 CVE Numbers: CVE-2016-7032 CVE-2016-7076 -- Security Fix(es): * It was discovered that the sudo noexec restriction could have been bypassed if application run via sudo executed system(), popen(), or wordexp() C library functions with a user supplied argument. A local user permitted to run such application via sudo with noexec restriction could use these flaws to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges. (CVE-2016-7032, CVE-2016-7076) These issues were discovered by Florian Weimer (Red Hat). -- SL6 x86_64 sudo-1.8.6p3-25.el6_8.x86_64.rpm sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p3-25.el6_8.x86_64.rpm sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p3-25.el6_8.i686.rpm sudo-devel-1.8.6p3-25.el6_8.i686.rpm sudo-devel-1.8.6p3-25.el6_8.x86_64.rpm i386 sudo-1.8.6p3-25.el6_8.i686.rpm sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p3-25.el6_8.i686.rpm sudo-devel-1.8.6p3-25.el6_8.i686.rpm SL7 x86_64 sudo-1.8.6p7-21.el7_3.x86_64.rpm sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p7-21.el7_3.x86_64.rpm sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p7-21.el7_3.i686.rpm sudo-devel-1.8.6p7-21.el7_3.i686.rpm sudo-devel-1.8.6p7-21.el7_3.x86_64.rpm - Scientific Linux Development Team . Important patch release addressing sudo security flaws affecting user access rights on both Scientific Linux SL6 and SL7.. Scientific Linux, Sudo Update, Security Advisory, Privilege Escalation. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Dec 14, 2016 •Important Scientific Linux