{"id":"USN-3968-1","summary":"sudo vulnerabilities","details":"Florian Weimer discovered that Sudo incorrectly handled the noexec\nrestriction when used with certain applications. A local attacker could\npossibly use this issue to bypass configured restrictions and execute\narbitrary commands. (CVE-2016-7076)\n\nIt was discovered that Sudo did not properly parse the contents of\n/proc/[pid]/stat when attempting to determine its controlling tty. A local\nattacker in some configurations could possibly use this to overwrite any\nfile on the filesystem, bypassing intended permissions. (CVE-2017-1000368)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:31Z","published":"2019-05-06T17:19:43Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7076","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000368"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-7076","CVE-2017-1000368","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7076","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000368"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3968-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7076"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000368"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"sudo","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/sudo@1.8.16-0ubuntu1.6?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.8.16-0ubuntu1.6"}]}],"versions":["1.8.12-1ubuntu3","1.8.16-0ubuntu1","1.8.16-0ubuntu1.1","1.8.16-0ubuntu1.2","1.8.16-0ubuntu1.3","1.8.16-0ubuntu1.4","1.8.16-0ubuntu1.5"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.8.16-0ubuntu1.6","binary_name":"sudo"},{"binary_version":"1.8.16-0ubuntu1.6","binary_name":"sudo-ldap"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2016-7076"},{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2017-1000368"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3968-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}