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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.882741
Category:CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:CentOS Update for sudo CESA-2017:1574 centos6
Summary:Check the version of sudo
Description:Summary:
Check the version of sudo

Vulnerability Insight:
The sudo packages contain the sudo
utility which allows system administrators to provide certain users with the
permission to execute privileged commands, which are used for system management
purposes, without having to log in as root.

Security Fix(es):

* It was found that the original fix for CVE-2017-1000367 was incomplete. 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-2017-1000368)

Affected Software/OS:
sudo on CentOS 6

Solution:
Please Install the Updated Packages.

CVSS Score:
7.2

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-1000368
BugTraq ID: 98838
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98838
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-04
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:1574
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1574
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3968-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3968-2/
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-1000367
BugTraq ID: 98745
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98745
Debian Security Information: DSA-3867 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3867
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42183/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VXEXC4NNIG2QOZY6N2YUK246KI3D3UQO/
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jun/3
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-15
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142783/Sudo-get_process_ttyname-Race-Condition.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/30/16
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/22/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/22/6
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:1381
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1381
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:1382
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1382
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038582
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2017:1446 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-05/msg00077.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2017:1450 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-05/msg00078.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2017:1455 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-05/msg00079.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3304-1
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