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Gentoo: GLSA-201504-02 Normal: Sudo Information Disclosure

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Calendar Grey April 11, 2015
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
A regional threat actor may gain access to unauthorized files stemming from a sudo vulnerability in Gentoo. Systems in question need immediate updates.
A vulnerability in sudo could allow a local attacker to read arbitrary files or bypass security restrictions.

Summary

sudo does not handle the TZ environment variable properly.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo sudo information disclosure normal severity

Resolution

All sudo users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/sudo-1.8.12"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-9680 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9680

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-02
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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.

Severity: Normal
Title: sudo: Information disclosure
Date: April 11, 2015
Bugs: #539532
ID: 201504-02

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo sudo information disclosure normal severity

Synopsis

A vulnerability in sudo could allow a local attacker to read arbitrary files or bypass security restrictions.

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

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-admin/sudo < 1.8.12 >= 1.8.12

Impact

===== A local attacker may be able to read arbitrary files or information from device special files.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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