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Low ELSA-2016-2593 1 CVE

Low: sudo security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Oracle Linux 7)

Published Nov 9, 2016 · Updated Nov 9, 2016

Summary

[1.8.6p7-20]
- RHEL 7.3 erratum
- fixed visudo's -q flag
Resolves: rhbz#1350828

[1.8.6p7-19]
- RHEL 7.3 erratum
- removed INPUTRC from env_keep to prevent a potential info leak
Resolves: rhbz#1340700

[1.8.6p7-18]
- RHEL 7.3 erratum
- removed requiretty flag from the default sudoers policy
- backported pam_service and pam_login_service defaults options
- implemented netgroup_tuple defaults option for changing netgroup
processing semantics
- fixed user matching logic in the LDAP nss backend
- don't allow visudo to accept an invalid sudoers file
- fixed a bug causing that non-root users can list privileges of
other users
- modified digest check documentation to mention the raciness of
the checking mechanism
Resolves: rhbz#1196451
Resolves: rhbz#1247230
Resolves: rhbz#1334331
Resolves: rhbz#1334360
Resolves: rhbz#1261998
Resolves: rhbz#1313364
Resolves: rhbz#1312486
Resolves: rhbz#1268958
Resolves: rhbz#1335039
Resolves: rhbz#1335042
Resolves: rhbz#1335045
Resolves: rhbz#1273243
Resolves: rhbz#1299883

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 7 sudo 0:1.8.6p7-20.el7
Oracle Linux · 7 sudo-devel 0:1.8.6p7-20.el7

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Unscored —

    sudo: It was discovered that the default sudo configuration on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and possibly other Linux implem…