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Slackware 13.1 SSA:2010-257-02 Critical Privilege Escalation Fix

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Calendar Grey September 15, 2010
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Recent updates for sudo on Slackware address a vital security flaw allowing privilege escalation. Ensure your system is upgraded promptly for improved protection.
New sudo packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, and -current to fix a security issue

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 13.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/sudo-1.7.4p4-i486-1_slack13.1.txz: Upgraded. This fixes a flaw that could lead to privilege escalation. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2956 (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical privilege escalation Slackware sudo fix

Where Find New Packages

HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com? Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading directly from ftp.slackware.com.
Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (https://osuosl.org/) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for additional mirror sites near you.
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 10.2:
Updated package for Slackware 11.0:
Updated package for Slackware 12.0:
Updated package for Slackware 12.1:
Updated package for Slackware 12.2:
Updated package for Slackware 13.0:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0:
Updated package for Slackware 13.1:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1:
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MD5 Signatures

Slackware 8.1 package: 0020792ca37f1950dc990008d75b0f3d sudo-1.7.4p4-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz
Slackware 9.0 package: 350d64e2419f3352e0136f92623dc583 sudo-1.7.4p4-i386-1_slack9.0.tgz
Slackware 9.1 package: 623499bc7fec7a89842c230cc1e84082 sudo-1.7.4p4-i486-1_slack9.1.tgz
Slackware 10.0 package: fe868c844e0d6f8e4a4e60d565f04a3f sudo-1.7.4p4-i486-1_slack10.0.tgz
Slackware 10.1 package: 900568d7a79ffe2772dd1f27caad0212 sudo-1.7.4p4-i486-1_slack10.1.tgz
Slackware 10.2 package: f8ac4ed69142b4f3ff25969047e7a58d sudo-1.7.4p4-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz
Slackware 11.0 package: 0c863b24b251fbffc8838a2eba69eb50 sudo-1.7.4p4-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz
Slackware 12.0 package: f2ba9e4c37ef4c37e34b6146645a6347 sudo-1.7.4p4-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz
Slackware 12.1 package: b62dded6da8f591c1d3a5d6046391c8a sudo-1.7.4p4-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz
Slackware 12.2 package: b8a823c4e0a8981a234a74399aec4455 sudo-1.7.4p4-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz
Slackware 13.0 package: 04bb8ef4ae1bd88314a784848ac52808 sudo-1.7.4p4-i486-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: 00b2632ec3f5c8a338a7ddca22ec6304 sudo-1.7.4p4-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware 13.1 package: 6da326f6cfd388d87de5c1853d8eb3ff sudo-1.7.4p4-i486-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.1 package: 9adb750d7ec6682c9dc397cb11afb33a sudo-1.7.4p4-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware -current package: 81bacc8344d247049702296af84a2903 ap/sudo-1.7.4p4-i486-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 9b2fa535f361d32cbbca67df23e88d20 ap/sudo-1.7.4p4-x86_64-1.txz

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical privilege escalation Slackware sudo fix

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg sudo-1.7.4p4-i486-1_slack13.1.txz

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