Debian: DLA-970-1 Critical Sudo Privilege Escalation Threat
debian lts
May 31, 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 Debian 8 "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 LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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Ben Hutchings - Debian developer, member of kernel, installer and LTS teams
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<pre><font face="Courier">Package: sudo
Version: 1.8.5p2-1+nmu3+deb7u3
CVE ID: CVE-2017-1000367
Debian Bug: 863731
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