GLSA 201504-02: sudo: Information disclosure

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Severity:	normal
Title:	sudo: Information disclosure
Date:	04/11/2015
Bugs:	#539532
ID:	201504-02

Synopsis

A vulnerability in sudo could allow a local attacker to read arbitrary files or bypass security restrictions.

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	< 1.8.12	>= 1.8.12	All supported architectures

Description

sudo does not handle the TZ environment variable properly.

Impact

A local attacker may be able to read arbitrary files or information from device special files.

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-1.8.12"

References

CVE-2014-9680

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201504-02.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.