sudo vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:

* Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Sudo.

Software Description

* sudo - Provide limited super user privileges to specific users

Details

USN-3968-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Sudo. This update
provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Florian Weimer discovered that Sudo incorrectly handled the noexec
restriction when used with certain applications. A local attacker
could possibly use this issue to bypass configured restrictions
and execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2016-7076, CVE-2016-7032)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the
following package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
sudo - 1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.5+esm5
sudo-ldap - 1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.5+esm5

To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References

* USN-3968-1
* CVE-2016-7032
* CVE-2016-7076

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