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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:0287 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2023-01-23
Updated:
2023-01-23

RHSA-2023:0287 - Security Advisory

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  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

Important: sudo security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

An update for sudo is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. 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.

Security Fix(es):

  • sudo: arbitrary file write with privileges of the RunAs user (CVE-2023-22809)

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.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

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

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

  • BZ - 2161142 - CVE-2023-22809 sudo: arbitrary file write with privileges of the RunAs user

CVEs

  • CVE-2023-22809

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
sudo-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.src.rpm SHA-256: 9f50d983b07befe8f4696e79874d181f403701ad217953baeeaa5ece267d18e2
x86_64
sudo-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 81327ea33b3b83970cdcb83d98dadf9c0965fa4535caa097228bd8963b77764d
sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1b6884e77acf1aca4a19e2e261046a6378f63e923be88169f020415812c968ef
sudo-devel-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.i686.rpm SHA-256: e30fb67140643b228abc3581959f68ad6e0f473ca878750e06687ee3d2131857
sudo-devel-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 532ece5559d4eaae172cb1e32d35a7adfc9336e89d4d7c6e69532035984a8374

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
sudo-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.src.rpm SHA-256: 9f50d983b07befe8f4696e79874d181f403701ad217953baeeaa5ece267d18e2
x86_64
sudo-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 81327ea33b3b83970cdcb83d98dadf9c0965fa4535caa097228bd8963b77764d
sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.i686.rpm SHA-256: d44d344c3ff07abe869f6034b878bad465758e184d74a9782e3aa4ae3cbeff0b
sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1b6884e77acf1aca4a19e2e261046a6378f63e923be88169f020415812c968ef
sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1b6884e77acf1aca4a19e2e261046a6378f63e923be88169f020415812c968ef
sudo-devel-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.i686.rpm SHA-256: e30fb67140643b228abc3581959f68ad6e0f473ca878750e06687ee3d2131857
sudo-devel-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 532ece5559d4eaae172cb1e32d35a7adfc9336e89d4d7c6e69532035984a8374
i386
sudo-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.i686.rpm SHA-256: f4eff4d3cfaf5f1fb2453f6a048af5d83915cf8fa5f3f05af13cdfaf5eed3688
sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.i686.rpm SHA-256: d44d344c3ff07abe869f6034b878bad465758e184d74a9782e3aa4ae3cbeff0b
sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.i686.rpm SHA-256: d44d344c3ff07abe869f6034b878bad465758e184d74a9782e3aa4ae3cbeff0b
sudo-devel-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.i686.rpm SHA-256: e30fb67140643b228abc3581959f68ad6e0f473ca878750e06687ee3d2131857

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
sudo-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.src.rpm SHA-256: 9f50d983b07befe8f4696e79874d181f403701ad217953baeeaa5ece267d18e2
s390x
sudo-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 39da1bb32aef3add74e4bf6f7d009e93a62fa1a89e73d76efb6822eb5165bf65
sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.s390.rpm SHA-256: 229d1a4cc6b1e720f58cf299300291737e5082d0555e1ad1563016bc7192614d
sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: e153b84eaded32771197d3e96614650a4b787a704f61fb9b42e42207ad701db4
sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: e153b84eaded32771197d3e96614650a4b787a704f61fb9b42e42207ad701db4
sudo-devel-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.s390.rpm SHA-256: e5fcb527c7a9082eb965f9aad719c067eaee3609490f990151ba8210f12e24f2
sudo-devel-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 3d8d3ee4572d47218174dad0c3f212d8bac957fe21ee04a81c6de0894d38ecc4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6

SRPM
sudo-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.src.rpm SHA-256: 9f50d983b07befe8f4696e79874d181f403701ad217953baeeaa5ece267d18e2
x86_64
sudo-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 81327ea33b3b83970cdcb83d98dadf9c0965fa4535caa097228bd8963b77764d
sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.i686.rpm SHA-256: d44d344c3ff07abe869f6034b878bad465758e184d74a9782e3aa4ae3cbeff0b
sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1b6884e77acf1aca4a19e2e261046a6378f63e923be88169f020415812c968ef
sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1b6884e77acf1aca4a19e2e261046a6378f63e923be88169f020415812c968ef
sudo-devel-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.i686.rpm SHA-256: e30fb67140643b228abc3581959f68ad6e0f473ca878750e06687ee3d2131857
sudo-devel-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 532ece5559d4eaae172cb1e32d35a7adfc9336e89d4d7c6e69532035984a8374
i386
sudo-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.i686.rpm SHA-256: f4eff4d3cfaf5f1fb2453f6a048af5d83915cf8fa5f3f05af13cdfaf5eed3688
sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.i686.rpm SHA-256: d44d344c3ff07abe869f6034b878bad465758e184d74a9782e3aa4ae3cbeff0b
sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.i686.rpm SHA-256: d44d344c3ff07abe869f6034b878bad465758e184d74a9782e3aa4ae3cbeff0b
sudo-devel-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.i686.rpm SHA-256: e30fb67140643b228abc3581959f68ad6e0f473ca878750e06687ee3d2131857

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
sudo-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.src.rpm SHA-256: 9f50d983b07befe8f4696e79874d181f403701ad217953baeeaa5ece267d18e2
s390x
sudo-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 39da1bb32aef3add74e4bf6f7d009e93a62fa1a89e73d76efb6822eb5165bf65
sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.s390.rpm SHA-256: 229d1a4cc6b1e720f58cf299300291737e5082d0555e1ad1563016bc7192614d
sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: e153b84eaded32771197d3e96614650a4b787a704f61fb9b42e42207ad701db4
sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: e153b84eaded32771197d3e96614650a4b787a704f61fb9b42e42207ad701db4
sudo-devel-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.s390.rpm SHA-256: e5fcb527c7a9082eb965f9aad719c067eaee3609490f990151ba8210f12e24f2
sudo-devel-1.8.6p3-29.el6_10.7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 3d8d3ee4572d47218174dad0c3f212d8bac957fe21ee04a81c6de0894d38ecc4

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