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Ubuntu 16.04 ELS: sudo package with the fix for the CVE-2021-23240 released

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July 7, 2021 - TuxCare PR Team

A new updated sudo package with the fix for the CVE-2021-23240 within Ubuntu 16.04 ELS is now available for download from our production repository.

CHANGELOG

sudo-1.8.16-0ubuntu1.11

  • Fix symbolic link attack in SELinux-enabled sudoedit (CVE-2021-23240)

UPDATE COMMAND

apt-get update
apt-get --only-upgrade install sudo

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