Gentoo: GLSA-202003-12: sudo: Multiple vulnerabilities
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in sudo. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Resolution
All sudo users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/sudo-1.8.31"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2019-14287 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14287 [ 2 ] CVE-2019-18634 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18634
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-12
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.
Synopsis
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in sudo, the worst of which could result in privilege escalation.
Background
sudo (su "do") allows a system administrator to delegate authority to give certain users (or groups of users) the ability to run some (or all) commands as root or another user while providing an audit trail of the commands and their arguments.
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-admin/sudo < 1.8.31 >= 1.8.31
Impact
===== A local attacker could expose or corrupt memory information, inject code to be run as a root user or cause a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
