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openSUSE Security Update : sudo (openSUSE-2016-1343)

high Nessus Plugin ID 95275

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for sudo fixes the following issues :

 - fix two security vulnerabilities that allowed users to bypass sudo's NOEXEC functionality :

 - noexec bypass via system() and popen() [CVE-2016-7032, boo#1007766]

 - noexec bypass via wordexp() [CVE-2016-7076, boo#1007501]

Solution

Update the affected sudo packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1007501

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1007766

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 95275

File Name: openSUSE-2016-1343.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/23/2016

Updated: 1/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-7076

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sudo-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sudo-test, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sudo-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sudo-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sudo

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/22/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-7032, CVE-2016-7076