Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20200487
Revision Date:2020-02-14Version:637
Title:RHSA-2020:0487: sudo security update (Important)
Description: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: Stack based buffer overflow when pwfeedback is enabled (CVE-2019-18634)

    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.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2019-18634
    RHSA-2020:0487
    Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
    Product(s):
    Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • sudo is earlier than 0:1.8.25p1-8.el8_1.1
  • AND sudo is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • AND
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 is installed
  • OR Red Hat CoreOS 4 is installed
  • BACK