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Slackware 14.2 SSA:2017-150-01 Critical: Sudo Overwrite Issue

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Calendar Grey May 30, 2017
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Recent updates to sudo packages resolve potential conflicts across various Slackware releases. Update now for enhanced security.
New sudo packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a security issue

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/sudo-1.8.20p1-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a potential overwrite of arbitrary system files. This bug was discovered and analyzed by Qualys, Inc. For more information, see: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/30/16 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1000367 (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical security fix sudo Slackware overwrite issue

Where Find New Packages

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (http://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 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 14.1:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 13.0 package: 8c1ea5cd672021f4e407732f45fc9203 sudo-1.8.20p1-i486-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: f8738cf9bec91237be6b5b48632a8fac sudo-1.8.20p1-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware 13.1 package: 70295b740650a6c84abcfccdd78b4b8d sudo-1.8.20p1-i486-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.1 package: ec0bc3ae692016772212785f0916ad4f sudo-1.8.20p1-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware 13.37 package: c302d5ebfe2aeae2001eb557cd821170 sudo-1.8.20p1-i486-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.37 package: 3c6c302932e9364639f72a1594351e58 sudo-1.8.20p1-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware 14.0 package: 91f1dc8be0d2170ebc3a13cc12646abb sudo-1.8.20p1-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: b13651d5096988427c9f815a223f18ea sudo-1.8.20p1-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package: 3b2865f68a89a19fd25302b75247804b sudo-1.8.20p1-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: a98c5b6895ca074716a94e6258bbc9c9 sudo-1.8.20p1-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package: f56fc8af9d77cb8f3148bff1c4e8777d sudo-1.8.20p1-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package: 67122eef4ec81519c5811b69db4ede6d sudo-1.8.20p1-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package: 0fe479206c589b565260ad554186c6d9 ap/sudo-1.8.20p1-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 9282f5947a6236893fa30e4711575af8 ap/sudo-1.8.20p1-x86_64-1.txz

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security advisory critical security fix sudo Slackware overwrite issue

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg sudo-1.8.20p1-i586-1_slack14.2.txz