ALAS2023-2023-135


Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS2023-2023-135
Advisory Released Date: 2023-03-22
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-09-09
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

Sudo before 1.9.13 does not escape control characters in log messages. (CVE-2023-28486)

Sudo before 1.9.13 does not escape control characters in sudoreplay output. (CVE-2023-28487)


Affected Packages:

sudo


Issue Correction:
Run dnf update sudo --releasever 2023.0.20230322 or dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2023-135 --releasever 2023.0.20230322 to update your system.
More information on how to update your system can be found on this page: Amazon Linux 2023 documentation

New Packages:
aarch64:
    sudo-python-plugin-debuginfo-1.9.13-1.p2.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
    sudo-logsrvd-1.9.13-1.p2.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
    sudo-python-plugin-1.9.13-1.p2.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
    sudo-debuginfo-1.9.13-1.p2.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
    sudo-devel-1.9.13-1.p2.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
    sudo-logsrvd-debuginfo-1.9.13-1.p2.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
    sudo-debugsource-1.9.13-1.p2.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
    sudo-1.9.13-1.p2.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64

src:
    sudo-1.9.13-1.p2.amzn2023.0.1.src

x86_64:
    sudo-python-plugin-debuginfo-1.9.13-1.p2.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
    sudo-devel-1.9.13-1.p2.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
    sudo-python-plugin-1.9.13-1.p2.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
    sudo-logsrvd-debuginfo-1.9.13-1.p2.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
    sudo-debuginfo-1.9.13-1.p2.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
    sudo-logsrvd-1.9.13-1.p2.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
    sudo-debugsource-1.9.13-1.p2.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
    sudo-1.9.13-1.p2.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64

Changelog:

2025-09-09: CVE-2023-27320 was removed from this advisory.

2025-09-09: The severity of this advisory has been changed from important to medium.