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Gentoo: GLSA-202303-05 Critical Impact Sudo Privilege Bypass

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Calendar Grey February 6, 2009
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A critical vulnerability in Gentoo Linux's sudo package allows local privilege escalation, enabling attackers to gain unauthorized access and control over systems
A vulnerability in sudo may allow for privilege escalation.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200902-01 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: High Title: sudo: Privilege escalation Date: February 06, 2009 Bugs: #256633 ID: 200902-01

Synopsis ======= A vulnerability in sudo may allow for privilege escalation.
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 < 1.7.0 >= 1.7.0
========== Harald Koenig discovered that sudo incorrectly handles group specifications in Runas_Alias (and related) entries when a group is specified in the list (using %group syntax, to allow a user to run comma...

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