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Gentoo GLSA-200506-22 Moderate: Sudo Command Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey June 23, 2005
Scroller Gentoo
Community members should be aware of a critical flaw in sudo on Gentoo that could allow unauthorized command execution. Immediate patching advised for enhanced security.
A vulnerability in sudo may allow local users to elevate privileges.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200506-22 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: sudo: Arbitrary command execution Date: June 23, 2005 Bugs: #96618 ID: 200506-22

Synopsis ======= A vulnerability in sudo may allow local users to elevate privileges.
Background ========= sudo allows a system administrator to give users the ability to run commands as other users.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-admin/sudo < 1.6.8_p9 >= 1.6.8_p9
========== The sudoers file is used to define the actions sudo users are permitted to perform. Charles Morris discovered that a specific layout of the sudoers file could cause the results of an...

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