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Fedora 22 Sudo Critical Advisory: CVE-2015-5602 Unauthorized Access

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Calendar Grey November 8, 2015
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Critical patch for Fedora 22 resolves privilege escalation issues tied to CVE-2015-5602. Update your system immediately.
sudo-1.8.15-1.fc21 - update to 1.8.15 - fixes CVE-2015-5602 sudo-1.8.15-1.fc22 - update to 1.8.15 - fixes CVE-2015-5602 sudo-1.8.15-1.fc23 - update to 1.8.15 - fixes CVE-2015-5602

Summary

Update Information:

sudo-1.8.15-1.fc21 - update to 1.8.15 - fixes CVE-2015-5602 sudo-1.8.15-1.fc22 - update to 1.8.15 - fixes CVE-2015-5602 sudo-1.8.15-1.fc23 - update to 1.8.15 - fixes CVE-2015-5602

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Topics Covered

security advisory unauthorized access fedora critical privilege escalation sudo security patch

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1277426 - CVE-2015-5602 sudo: Unauthorized privilege escalation in sudoedit https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1277426

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update sudo' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: sudo
Product: Fedora 22
Version: 1.8.15
Release: 1.fc22
URL: Summary : Allows restricted root access for specified usersDescription :

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Topics Covered

security advisory unauthorized access fedora critical privilege escalation sudo security patch

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