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Fedora 41: sudo-rs critical update for privilege escalation and safety

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Calendar Grey May 22, 2025
Dist Fedora Esm H88
A new update for sudo-rs in Fedora 41 has been issued, targeting severe security flaws and improving overall memory reliability.
Update to version 0.2.6.

Summary

A memory safe implementation of sudo and su.

Update Information:

Update to version 0.2.6.

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora privilege escalation sudo information disclosure memory safety

Change Log

* Tue May 13 2025 Fabio Valentini - 0.2.6-1 - Update to version 0.2.6; Fixes RHBZ#2356685

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2365809 - CVE-2025-46718 sudo-rs: sudo-rs: Privilege Enumeration Vulnerability [fedora-41] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2365809 [ 2 ] Bug #2365919 - CVE-2025-46717 sudo-rs: sudo-rs: File Existence Information Disclosure [fedora-41] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2365919

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2025-6a67917349' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: sudo-rs
Product: Fedora 41
Version: 0.2.6
Release: 1.fc41
URL: https://github.com/trifectatechfoundation/sudo-rs
Summary: Memory safe implementation of sudo and su

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora privilege escalation sudo information disclosure memory safety

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