Ubuntu: USN-1234-1 moderate: Sudo Privilege Escalation Risk
debian
May 30, 2017
The Qualys Security team discovered that sudo, a program designed to provide limited super user privileges to specific users, does not properly parse "/proc/[pid]/stat" to read the...
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Summary
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.8.10p3-1+deb8u4.
We recommend that you upgrade your sudo packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: sudo
CVE ID: CVE-2017-1000367
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