Resolution for CVE-2017-1000367(sudo: Privilege escalation in via improper get_process_ttyname() parsing) in Red Hat Enterprise Linux?

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • 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-2017-1000367)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 5 ELS)
  • sudo

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