RSA Authentication Manager CVE-2017-1000367 sudo: Privilege escalation in via improper get_process_ttyname() parsing
2 years ago
Originally Published: 2017-06-14
Article Number
000064258
Applies To
RSA Product Set: SecurID
RSA Product/Service Type: Authentication Manager
RSA Version/Condition: 8.x
CVE Identifier(s)
CVE-2017-1000367
Article Summary
CVE-2017-1000367 sudo: Privilege escalation in via improper get_process_ttyname() parsing
Alert Impact
Not Applicable
Alert Impact Explanation

CVE-2017-1000367 sudo: Privilege escalation in via improper get_process_ttyname() parsing

A flaw was found in the way sudo parsed tty information from the process status file in the proc filesystem. A local user with privileges to execute commands via sudo could use this flaw to escalate their privileges to root.

CVSS3 Base Score: 7.8 (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) - Red Hat score

Response: The flaw does not exist

The sudo implementation used on SLES11.4 is not vulnerable.

From SUSE: https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000367/

Note from the SUSE Security Team

This security issue only affects sudo 1.8.5 or later. The sudo versions on SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 and older products are not affected. This issue is also only a problem if the system operates in SELinux mode.

Resolution
The flaw does not exist.
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