Sudo CVE-2017-1000368 Incomplete Fix Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:98838

Info

Sudo CVE-2017-1000368 Incomplete Fix Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 98838
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2017-1000368
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jun 05 2017 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 05 2017 08:13PM
Credit: Stephane Chazelas
Vulnerable: Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.20
Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.19
Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.18
Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.17
Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.16
Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.11
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.2 p7
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.2 p6
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.2 p5
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.2 p4
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.2 p3
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.2 p1
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7
Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.6p7
Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.6p6
Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.6P5
Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.6P4
Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.6P3
Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.6P2
Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.6P1
Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.6
Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.5p3
Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.5P2
Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.5P1
Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.5
Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.20p1
Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.15
Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.14
Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.12
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.9p1
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.9
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.8P2
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.8P1
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.8
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.7
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.6P2
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.6P1
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.6
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.5
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.4P6
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.4P5
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.4p4
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.4p3
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.4P2
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.4P1
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.4
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.3B1
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.2P7
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.2p6
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.2P5
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.2P2
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.2P1
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.2
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.10P9
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.10P8
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.10p7
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.10p6
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.10p5
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.10P4
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.10P3
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.10P2
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.10P1
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.10
Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.1
Oracle VM Server for x86 3.4
Oracle VM Server for x86 3.3
Oracle Linux 7
Oracle Linux 6
McAfee Web Gateway 7.7
McAfee Web Gateway 7.7.2.2
McAfee Web Gateway 7.6.2.4
McAfee Web Gateway 7.6.2.3
McAfee Web Gateway 7.6.2.2
McAfee Web Gateway 7.6.2.14
McAfee Web Gateway 7.6.2.1
McAfee Web Gateway 7.6.2.0
Not Vulnerable: Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.20p2
McAfee Web Gateway 7.7.2.3
McAfee Web Gateway 7.6.2.15

Discussion

Sudo CVE-2017-1000368 Incomplete Fix Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Sudo is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

Local attackers could exploit this issue to run arbitrary commands with root privileges.

This issue is fixed in sudo 1.8.20p2.

NOTE: This issue is the result of an incomplete fix for the issue described in BID 98745 (Sudo '/src/ttyname.c' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability).

Exploit / POC

Sudo CVE-2017-1000368 Incomplete Fix Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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Solution / Fix

Sudo CVE-2017-1000368 Incomplete Fix Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

References

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