RLSA-2021:1723

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Published
2021-05-18T05:55:11Z
Modified
2023-02-02T14:09:32.222166Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Low: sudo security and bug fix update
Details

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):

  • sudo: symbolic link attack in SELinux-enabled sudoedit (CVE-2021-23240)

  • sudo: possible directory existence test due to race condition in sudoedit (CVE-2021-23239)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 8.4 Release Notes linked from the References section.

References
Credits
    • Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
    • Red Hat

Affected packages

Rocky Linux:8 / sudo

Package

Name
sudo
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/sudo?distro=rocky-linux-8-4-legacy&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:1.8.29-7.el8