Security bugfix for package sudo

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(Last modified: 08JAN2002)

solutions Security bugfix for package sudo SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (072f3a97d6c71db4fe2018315f9e42e0)

Applies to

Product(s): SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 for S/390 and zSeries
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server for S/390

Package: ap1/sudo
Architecture: S/390
Release: 20020108
Obsoletes: none

Indications

This update should always be installed.

Contraindications

None.

Problem description

When sudo sends an email to the sysadmin about an unsuccessful effort to gain elevated privileges, users were able to pass environment variables along with the execve() system call when sendmail is called. The call for sendmail happens as root, which allows a local attacker to gain root privileges if sudo is installed with setuid-root permissions. The update package corrects this error by running sendmail not as root any more.

Solution

Please install the updates provided at the location noted below.

Installation notes

This update is provided as an RPM package that can easily be installed onto a running system by using this command:


rpm -Uvh sudo.rpm

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Download the source code of the patches for maintained products.

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