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Slackware 14.0 SSA:2013-065-01 Critical: Sudo Command Execution

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Calendar Grey March 7, 2013
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New sudo packages are available for Slackware 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, and -current to fix security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/sudo-1.8.6p7-i486-1_slack14.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues that could allow a user to run commands without authenticating after the password timeout has already expired. Note that the vulnerability did not permit a user to run commands other than those allowed by the sudoers policy. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1775 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1776 (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical command execution security fix sudo authentication issue Slackware

Where Find New Packages

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (https://osuosl.org/) for donating 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 12.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/sudo-1.7.10p7-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 12.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.2/patches/packages/sudo-1.7.10p7-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz
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:
Updated package for Slackware 13.37:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37:
Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 12.1 package: 16e47202f5cda7a372639fa6ef304974 sudo-1.7.10p7-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz
Slackware 12.2 package: 6428965e88cac3b36a84bd3b1ab361a2 sudo-1.7.10p7-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz
Slackware 13.0 package: 0251ce11992c06ba0e55a2a3f2e79d28 sudo-1.7.10p7-i486-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: 5352a19dbfdaad232573f4beb1b1237a sudo-1.7.10p7-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware 13.1 package: 977a8fb54ae46ceaa037b52234f2bc2a sudo-1.7.10p7-i486-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.1 package: 4182726dc8cb4ba5b69a46daed686d04 sudo-1.7.10p7-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware 13.37 package: 1af20762e5895338f38787e8f493d517 sudo-1.7.10p7-i486-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.37 package: 1af6f706de63704630087e1da3721ad7 sudo-1.7.10p7-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware 14.0 package: d611a1f15bb379d078e04646172a626c sudo-1.8.6p7-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: 580351ec41716ce1955468dbfaf95892 sudo-1.8.6p7-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware -current package: ffb4636d9f772f441925079c4312a1fc ap/sudo-1.8.6p7-i486-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 66fa0b6eefbd9937ce7b4ac5e8c133c6 ap/sudo-1.8.6p7-x86_64-1.txz

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg sudo-1.8.6p7-i486-1_slack14.0.txz