USN-3304-1: Sudo vulnerability
USN-3304-1: Sudo vulnerability Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3304-1 30th May, 2017 sudo vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 17.04 Ubuntu 16.10 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary Sudo could be made to overwrite files as the administrator. Software description sudo – Provide limited super user privileges to specific users Details It was discovered that Sudo did not properly parse the contents of/proc/[pid]/stat when attempting to determine its controlling tty.A local attacker in some configurations could possibly use this tooverwrite any file on the filesystem, bypassing intended permissions. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 17.04: sudo-ldap 1.8.19p1-1ubuntu1.1 sudo 1.8.19p1-1ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 16.10: sudo-ldap 1.8.16-0ubuntu3.2 sudo 1.8.16-0ubuntu3.2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: sudo-ldap 1.8.16-0ubuntu1.4 sudo 1.8.16-0ubuntu1.4 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: sudo-ldap 1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.4 sudo 1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.4 To update your system, [ more… ]