Debian DLA-707-1 : sudo security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 94764

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that the sudo noexec restriction could have been bypassed if application run via sudo executed system(), popen() or wordexp() C library functions with a user-supplied argument. A local user permitted to run such application via sudo with noexec restriction could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges.

CVE-2016-7032

noexec bypass via system() and popen()

CVE-2016-7076

noexec bypass via wordexp()

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.5p2-1+nmu3+deb7u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your sudo packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected sudo, and sudo-ldap packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 94764

File Name: debian_DLA-707.nasl

Version: 2.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/15/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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 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:debian:debian_linux:sudo, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:sudo-ldap, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2016

Reference Information

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

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