Packages
- sudo - Provide limited super user privileges to specific users
Details
Markus Wuethrich discovered that sudo did not always verify the user when a
group was specified in the Runas_Spec. A local attacker could exploit this
to execute arbitrary code as root if sudo was configured to allow the
attacker to use a program as a group when the attacker was not a part of
that group.
Markus Wuethrich discovered that sudo did not always verify the user when a
group was specified in the Runas_Spec. A local attacker could exploit this
to execute arbitrary code as root if sudo was configured to allow the
attacker to use a program as a group when the attacker was not a part of
that group.
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 – 1.7.0-1ubuntu2.5 | ||
| sudo – 1.7.0-1ubuntu2.5 | |||
| 10.04 lucid | sudo-ldap – 1.7.2p1-1ubuntu5.2 | ||
| sudo – 1.7.2p1-1ubuntu5.2 | |||
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