Release Info

Advisory: CLSA-2021:1635459277

OS: Ubuntu 16.04 ELS

Public date: 2021-10-28 00:00:00

Project: sudo

Version: 1.8.16-0ubuntu1.11

Errata link: https://errata.cloudlinux.com/ubuntu16-els/CLSA-2021-1635459277.html

Changelog

* SECURITY UPDATE: privilege escalation via symlinks - debian/patches/CVE-2021-23240.patch: fix opportunity for local unprivileged user to gain file ownership via symlinks. - CVE-2021-23240

Update

Packages list

sudo_1.8.16-0ubuntu1.11_amd64.deb sudo-ldap_1.8.16-0ubuntu1.11_amd64.deb

CVEs

CVE-2021-23240