Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 916
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 916

Gentoo: GLSA-202507-01 high: sudo privilege escalation attack

gentoo
Calendar Grey July 1, 2025
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Significant flaws in sudo could lead to unauthorized access; upgrade to the latest version to ensure security.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in sudo, the worst of which could result in privilege escalation.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in sudo. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo privilege escalation sudo high multiple vulnerabilities

Resolution

All sudo users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/sudo-1.9.17_p1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2025-32462 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-32462 [ 2 ] CVE-2025-32463 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-32463

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202507-01
style>.gentoo_availability{display:block;}

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: High
Title: sudo: Privilege escalation
Date: July 01, 2025
Bugs: #959314
ID: 202507-01

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo privilege escalation sudo high multiple vulnerabilities

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in sudo, the worst of which could result in privilege escalation.

Background

sudo allows a system administrator to give users the ability to run commands as other users.

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.

Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected -------------- ------------ ------------ app-admin/sudo < 1.9.17_p1 >= 1.9.17_p1

Impact

An attacker can escalate privileges to root by providing a special argument to sudo's --chroot (which is used for chroot purposes). Please review the referenced CVE identifier for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Your message here