Lucene search

K
centosCentOS ProjectCESA-2021:0221
HistoryJan 27, 2021 - 12:11 a.m.

sudo security update

2021-01-2700:11:23
CentOS Project
lists.centos.org
840

0.97 High

EPSS

Percentile

99.7%

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2021:0221

The sudo packages contain the sudo utility which allows system administrators to provide certain users with the permission to execute privileged commands, which are used for system management purposes, without having to log in as root.

Security Fix(es):

  • sudo: Heap buffer overflow in argument parsing (CVE-2021-3156)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Merged security bulletin from advisories:
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2021-January/086043.html

Affected packages:
sudo
sudo-devel

Upstream details at:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0221