Debian DSA-4614-1 Moderate: Sudo Buffer Overflow Security Threat
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February 1, 2020
Joe Vennix discovered a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in sudo, a program designed to provide limited super user privileges to specific users, triggerable when configure...
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Summary
Details can be found in the upstream advisory at
.
For the oldstable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed
in version 1.8.19p1-2.1+deb9u2.
For the stable distribution (buster), exploitation of the bug is
prevented due to a change in EOF handling introduced in 1.8.26.
We recommend that you upgrade your sudo packages.
For the detailed security status of sudo please refer to its security
tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/sudo
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-2019-18634
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