Security
Security
A vulnerability has been found in sudo which may allow local users to gain escalated privileges.
| Package | app-admin/sudo on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 1.8.5_p1 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 1.8.5_p1 |
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.
An error in sudo may allow unintended IPv4 hosts to be granted access to commands.
A local attacker could gain escalated privileges.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All sudo users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/sudo-1.8.5_p1"
Release date
July 09, 2012
Latest revision
July 09, 2012: 1
Severity
high
Exploitable
local
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