Slackware 2005-172-01 Critical: Sudo Race Condition Security Fix
slackware
June 22, 2005
New Sudo packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix a security issue
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 10.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/sudo-1.6.8p9-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to sudo-1.6.8p9. This new version of Sudo fixes a race condition in command pathname handling that could allow a user with Sudo privileges to run arbitrary commands. For full details, see the Sudo site: (* Security fix *)
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Where Find New Packages
Updated package for Slackware 8.1:
Updated package for Slackware 9.0:
Updated package for Slackware 9.1:
Updated package for Slackware 10.0:
Updated package for Slackware 10.1:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 8.1 package:
d224ba8c2c7de90db45aa6f011d4e00f sudo-1.6.8p9-i386-1.tgz
Slackware 9.0 package:
d6f9623360ba84a9ff9b5fc550654a85 sudo-1.6.8p9-i386-1.tgz
Slackware 9.1 package:
6a63970c021da407741e082cde5082fc sudo-1.6.8p9-i486-1.tgz
Slackware 10.0 package:
5b37f465d3a55845e1fca06140f04804 sudo-1.6.8p9-i486-1.tgz
Slackware 10.1 package:
8b89c8935bc74b23cb85fedbfacd6fd1 sudo-1.6.8p9-i486-1.tgz
Slackware -current package:
7e85716217c1fc8f8fdf2b89c76f189b sudo-1.6.8p9-i486-1.tgz
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the packages as root: # upgradepkg sudo-1.6.8p9-i486-1.tgz
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