sudo

Description:Allows users or groups to run commands as other users
Homepage:https://www.sudo.ws/
Location:Portage
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USE flags

  • gcrypt - Use message digest functions from dev-libs/libgcrypt instead of sudo's
  • ldap - Add LDAP support (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)
  • nls - Add Native Language Support (using gettext - GNU locale utilities)
  • offensive - Let sudo print insults when the user types the wrong password
  • pam - Add support for PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) - DANGEROUS to arbitrarily flip
  • sasl - Add support for the Simple Authentication and Security Layer
  • secure-path - Replace PATH variable with compile time secure paths
  • selinux - !!internal use only!! Security Enhanced Linux support, this must be set by the selinux profile or breakage will occur
  • sendmail - Allow sudo to send emails with sendmail
  • skey - Enable S/Key (Single use password) authentication support
  • ssl - Add support for SSL/TLS connections (Secure Socket Layer / Transport Layer Security)
  • sssd - Add System Security Services Daemon support
  • verify-sig - Verify upstream signatures on distfiles

Security Advisory

Date Severity Title
about 1 year high sudo: Multiple Vulnerabilities
over 1 year high sudo: Root Privilege Escalation
about 2 years normal sudo: Heap-Based Buffer Overread
almost 4 years high sudo: Multiple vulnerabilities
almost 5 years high sudo: Multiple vulnerabilities
about 7 years high sudo: Privilege escalation
over 7 years high sudo: Privilege escalation
over 8 years normal sudo: Unauthorized privilege escalation in sudoedit
over 9 years normal sudo: Information disclosure
over 10 years high sudo: Privilege escalation
almost 11 years high sudo: Privilege escalation
over 12 years high sudo: Privilege escalation
almost 13 years high sudo: Privilege escalation
over 14 years high sudo: Privilege Escalation
over 14 years high sudo: Privilege escalation
almost 15 years high sudo: Privilege escalation
almost 16 years high sudo: Privilege escalation
over 19 years normal sudo: Arbitrary command execution

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