{"id":"MGASA-2016-0389","summary":"Updated sudo packages fix security vulnerability","details":"It was discovered that the sudo noexec restriction could have been\nbypassed if application run via sudo executed wordexp() C library function\nwith a user supplied argument. A local user permitted to run such\napplication via sudo with noexec restriction could possibly use this flaw\nto execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges (CVE-2016-7076).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T06:22:45.065424823Z","published":"2016-11-17T23:40:52Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-7076"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0389.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19762"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.sudo.ws/alerts/noexec_wordexp.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.sudo.ws/stable.html#1.8.18p1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/DBELDP5KT7URCP7P3RQFYBBKPBNLAJY6/"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"sudo","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/sudo?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.8.18p1-1.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0389.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}