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OracleVM 3.2 : sudo (OVMSA-2016-0079)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 91755
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Synopsis
The remote OracleVM host is missing a security update.Description
The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates :- added patch for CVE-2014-0106: certain environment variables not sanitized when env_reset is disabled Resolves: rhbz#1072210
- backported fixes for CVE-2013-1775 CVE-2013-1776 (CVE-2013-2776) CVE-2013-2777 Resolves: rhbz#968221
- visudo: fixed incorrect warning and parse error regarding undefined aliases which were in fact defined Resolves: rhbz#849679 Resolves: rhbz#905624
- updated sudoers man-page to clarify the behavior of the user negation operator and the behavior of wildcard matching in command specifications Resolves: rhbz#846118 Resolves: rhbz#856902
- fixed regression in escaping of sudo -i arguments Resolves: rhbz#853203
- bump release number
- Fixed caching of user and group names
- Backported RFC 4515 escaping of LDAP queries Resolves:
rhbz#855836 Resolves: rhbz#869287
- Add the -c option to sed commands in post/postun scripts Resolves: rhbz#818585
- Implement a new sudoers Defaults option to restore old command exec behavior Resolves: rhbz#840971
- Add ability to treat files authoritatively in sudoers.ldap Resolves: rhbz#840097
- Changed policycoreutils dependency to a context specific dependency (post & postun) Resolves: rhbz#846694
- don't use a temporary file when modifying nsswitch.conf
- fix permissions on nsswitch.conf, if needed Resolves:
rhbz#846631
- added a workaround for a race condition in handling child processes Resolves: rhbz#829263
- use safe temporary files in post/postun scripts
- corrected postun script Resolves: rhbz#841070
- corrected release number
- call restorecon after modifying nsswitch.conf in the postun scriplet
- added policycoreutils dependency Resolves: rhbz#818585
- fixed `sudo -i' command escaping (#806073)
- fixed multiple sudoHost LDAP attr. handlng (#740884) Resolves: rhbz#740884 Resolves: rhbz#806073
Solution
Update the affected sudo package.See Also
https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/oraclevm-errata/2016-June/000493.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 91755
File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2016-0079.nasl
Version: 2.6
Type: local
Family: OracleVM Local Security Checks
Published: 6/22/2016
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 8.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.9
Temporal Score: 5.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:sudo, cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.2
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleVM/release, Host/OracleVM/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/21/2016
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/5/2013
Exploitable With
CANVAS (CANVAS)
Core Impact
Metasploit (Mac OS X Sudo Password Bypass)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-1775, CVE-2013-1776, CVE-2013-2776, CVE-2013-2777, CVE-2014-0106