Gentoo: GLSA-202303-01 Critical: Sudo Exposure to Privilege Escalation
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July 9, 2012
A vulnerability has been found in sudo which may allow local users to gain escalated privileges.
Summary
An error in sudo may allow unintended IPv4 hosts to be granted access to commands.
Topics Covered
Resolution
All sudo users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/sudo-1.8.5_p1"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2012-2337 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2337
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201207-01
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Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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Severity: High
Title: sudo: Privilege escalation
Date: July 09, 2012
Bugs: #416281
ID: 201207-01
Topics Covered
Background
sudo allows a system administrator to give users the ability to run
commands as other users. Access to commands may also be granted on a
range to hosts.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-admin/sudo < 1.8.5_p1 >= 1.8.5_p1
Impact
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A local attacker could gain escalated privileges.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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