Severity

medium

Vendor

VMware Tanzu

Versions Affected

• Canonical Ubuntu 16.04

Description

USN-6005-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Sudo. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Original advisory details: Matthieu Barjole and Victor Cutillas discovered that Sudo incorrectly escaped control characters in log messages and sudoreplay output. An attacker could possibly use these issues to inject terminal control characters that alter output when being viewed. Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-6005-2` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: sudo-ldap - 1.8.16-0ubuntu1.10+esm2 sudo - 1.8.16-0ubuntu1.10+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2023-28486, CVE-2023-28487

Affected VMware Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

• Isolation Segment
  • 2.8.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.553
  • 2.9.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.553
  • 2.10.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.553
  • 2.11.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.553
  • 2.12.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.553
  • 2.13.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.553
• Operations Manager
  • 2.10.x versions prior to 2.10.59
• VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
  • 2.8.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.553
  • 2.9.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.553
  • 2.10.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.553
  • 2.11.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.553
  • 2.12.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.553
  • 2.13.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.553

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigation below. On the Tanzu Network product page for each release, check the Depends On section and/or Release Notes for this information. Releases that have fixed this issue include:

• Isolation Segment
  • 2.8.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.553 or greater
  • 2.9.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.553 or greater
  • 2.10.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.553 or greater
  • 2.11.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.553 or greater
  • 2.12.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.553 or greater
  • 2.13.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.553 or greater
• Operations Manager
  • 2.10.59
• VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
  • 2.8.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.553 or greater
  • 2.9.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.553 or greater
  • 2.10.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.553 or greater
  • 2.11.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.553 or greater
  • 2.12.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.553 or greater
  • 2.13.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.553 or greater

References

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-28486
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-28487
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6005-2

History

2023-06-29: Initial vulnerability report published.