Packages
- sudo - Provide limited super user privileges to specific users
Details
Alexander Kurtz discovered that sudo would not prompt for a password when
a group was specified in the Runas_Spec. A local attacker could exploit
this to execute arbitrary code as the specified group if sudo was
configured to allow the attacker to use a program as this group. The group
Runas_Spec is not used in the default installation of Ubuntu.
Alexander Kurtz discovered that sudo would not prompt for a password when
a group was specified in the Runas_Spec. A local attacker could exploit
this to execute arbitrary code as the specified group if sudo was
configured to allow the attacker to use a program as this group. The group
Runas_Spec is not used in the default installation of Ubuntu.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.10 karmic | sudo-ldap – 1.7.0-1ubuntu2.6 | ||
| sudo – 1.7.0-1ubuntu2.6 | |||
| 10.10 maverick | sudo-ldap – 1.7.2p7-1ubuntu2.1 | ||
| sudo – 1.7.2p7-1ubuntu2.1 | |||
| 10.04 lucid | sudo-ldap – 1.7.2p1-1ubuntu5.3 | ||
| sudo – 1.7.2p1-1ubuntu5.3 | |||
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