GLSA 201207-01: sudo: Privilege escalation

Severity:high
Title:sudo: Privilege escalation
Date:07/09/2012
Bugs: #416281
ID:201207-01

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been found in sudo which may allow local users to gain escalated privileges.

Background

sudo allows a system administrator to give users the ability to run commands as other users. Access to commands may also be granted on a range to hosts.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
app-admin/sudo < 1.8.5_p1 >= 1.8.5_p1 All supported architectures

Description

An error in sudo may allow unintended IPv4 hosts to be granted access to commands.

Impact

A local attacker could gain escalated privileges.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All sudo users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/sudo-1.8.5_p1"
    

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-01.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

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