Issued:

2024-02-13

Updated:

2024-02-19

RHSA-2024:0811 - Moderate: sudo security update

Synopsis

Moderate: sudo security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Moderate

Topic

A security update for sudo is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and 9.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

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.

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

• CVE-2023-28487 sudo: Sudo does not escape control characters in sudoreplay output
• CVE-2023-28486 sudo: Sudo does not escape control characters in log messages
• CVE-2023-42465 sudo: Targeted Corruption of Register and Stack Variables

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• sudo-1.9.5p2-1.el8_9.ppc64le.rpm
• sudo-debugsource-1.9.5p2-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• sudo-debugsource-1.9.5p2-1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
• sudo-1.9.5p2-7.el9_0.4.aarch64.rpm
• sudo-1.9.5p2-9.el9_2.2.s390x.rpm
• sudo-1.9.5p2-10.el9_3.s390x.rpm
• sudo-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-7.el9_0.4.s390x.rpm
• sudo-python-plugin-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-10.el9_3.s390x.rpm
• sudo-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-10.el9_3.x86_64.rpm
• sudo-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• sudo-debugsource-1.9.5p2-1.el8_9.aarch64.rpm
• sudo-debugsource-1.9.5p2-10.el9_3.ppc64le.rpm
• sudo-1.9.5p2-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• sudo-debugsource-1.9.5p2-10.el9_3.s390x.rpm
• sudo-debugsource-1.9.5p2-10.el9_3.x86_64.rpm
• sudo-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• sudo-1.9.5p2-1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
• sudo-debugsource-1.9.5p2-9.el9_2.2.ppc64le.rpm
• sudo-1.9.5p2-9.el9_2.2.ppc64le.rpm
• sudo-debugsource-1.9.5p2-7.el9_0.4.aarch64.rpm
• sudo-python-plugin-1.9.5p2-7.el9_0.4.ppc64le.rpm
• sudo-python-plugin-1.9.5p2-7.el9_0.4.s390x.rpm
• sudo-python-plugin-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-9.el9_2.2.aarch64.rpm
• sudo-python-plugin-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-9.el9_2.2.s390x.rpm
• sudo-1.9.5p2-10.el9_3.x86_64.rpm
• sudo-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-1.el8_9.x86_64.rpm
• sudo-python-plugin-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-9.el9_2.2.x86_64.rpm
• sudo-python-plugin-1.9.5p2-10.el9_3.x86_64.rpm
• sudo-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-1.el8_9.ppc64le.rpm
• sudo-1.9.5p2-7.el9_0.4.x86_64.rpm
• sudo-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-10.el9_3.ppc64le.rpm
• sudo-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-7.el9_0.4.x86_64.rpm
• sudo-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
• sudo-1.9.5p2-1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• sudo-debugsource-1.9.5p2-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• sudo-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-7.el9_0.4.ppc64le.rpm
• sudo-python-plugin-1.9.5p2-10.el9_3.aarch64.rpm
• sudo-debugsource-1.9.5p2-1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
• sudo-debugsource-1.9.5p2-9.el9_2.2.aarch64.rpm
• sudo-python-plugin-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-10.el9_3.aarch64.rpm
• sudo-1.9.5p2-1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
• sudo-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-7.el9_0.4.aarch64.rpm
• sudo-debugsource-1.9.5p2-1.el8_9.s390x.rpm
• sudo-1.9.5p2-1.el8_8.src.rpm
• sudo-debugsource-1.9.5p2-10.el9_3.aarch64.rpm
• sudo-1.9.5p2-1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
• sudo-1.9.5p2-9.el9_2.2.aarch64.rpm
• sudo-1.9.5p2-7.el9_0.4.s390x.rpm
• sudo-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-9.el9_2.2.aarch64.rpm
• sudo-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-1.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
• sudo-debugsource-1.9.5p2-1.el8_9.ppc64le.rpm
• sudo-1.9.5p2-1.el8_8.s390x.rpm
• sudo-1.9.5p2-10.el9_3.src.rpm
• sudo-debugsource-1.9.5p2-1.el8_9.x86_64.rpm
• sudo-1.9.5p2-7.el9_0.4.ppc64le.rpm
• sudo-1.9.5p2-1.el8_9.s390x.rpm
• sudo-debugsource-1.9.5p2-7.el9_0.4.ppc64le.rpm
• sudo-debugsource-1.9.5p2-1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
• sudo-debugsource-1.9.5p2-9.el9_2.2.s390x.rpm
• sudo-1.9.5p2-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• sudo-debugsource-1.9.5p2-1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• sudo-debugsource-1.9.5p2-9.el9_2.2.x86_64.rpm
• sudo-python-plugin-1.9.5p2-9.el9_2.2.s390x.rpm
• sudo-python-plugin-1.9.5p2-9.el9_2.2.aarch64.rpm
• sudo-python-plugin-1.9.5p2-9.el9_2.2.x86_64.rpm
• sudo-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-1.el8_8.ppc64le.rpm
• sudo-1.9.5p2-9.el9_2.2.src.rpm
• sudo-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-1.el8_9.s390x.rpm
• sudo-python-plugin-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-7.el9_0.4.aarch64.rpm
• sudo-python-plugin-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-7.el9_0.4.s390x.rpm
• sudo-1.9.5p2-1.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
• sudo-1.9.5p2-10.el9_3.ppc64le.rpm
• sudo-debugsource-1.9.5p2-1.el8_6.s390x.rpm
• sudo-python-plugin-1.9.5p2-10.el9_3.s390x.rpm
• sudo-1.9.5p2-10.el9_3.aarch64.rpm
• sudo-1.9.5p2-7.el9_0.4.src.rpm
• sudo-1.9.5p2-1.el8_9.x86_64.rpm
• sudo-1.9.5p2-1.el8_9.src.rpm
• sudo-debugsource-1.9.5p2-7.el9_0.4.s390x.rpm
• sudo-python-plugin-1.9.5p2-7.el9_0.4.aarch64.rpm
• sudo-python-plugin-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-10.el9_3.ppc64le.rpm
• sudo-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-1.el8_9.aarch64.rpm
• sudo-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
• sudo-python-plugin-1.9.5p2-10.el9_3.ppc64le.rpm
• sudo-python-plugin-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-7.el9_0.4.x86_64.rpm
• sudo-1.9.5p2-9.el9_2.2.x86_64.rpm
• sudo-debugsource-1.9.5p2-7.el9_0.4.x86_64.rpm
• sudo-1.9.5p2-1.el8_6.src.rpm
• sudo-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-1.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
• sudo-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-9.el9_2.2.s390x.rpm
• sudo-python-plugin-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-10.el9_3.x86_64.rpm
• sudo-python-plugin-1.9.5p2-7.el9_0.4.x86_64.rpm
• sudo-1.9.5p2-1.el8_9.aarch64.rpm
• sudo-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-1.el8_8.s390x.rpm
• sudo-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-9.el9_2.2.ppc64le.rpm
• sudo-debugsource-1.9.5p2-1.el8_8.s390x.rpm
• sudo-python-plugin-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-7.el9_0.4.ppc64le.rpm
• sudo-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-9.el9_2.2.x86_64.rpm
• sudo-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-10.el9_3.aarch64.rpm
• sudo-python-plugin-1.9.5p2-9.el9_2.2.ppc64le.rpm
• sudo-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-10.el9_3.s390x.rpm
• sudo-python-plugin-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-9.el9_2.2.ppc64le.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 2179272
• This content is not included.BZ - 2179273
• This content is not included.BZ - 2255568

CVEs

• CVE-2023-28486
• CVE-2023-28487
• CVE-2023-42465

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Additional information

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