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Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: USN-722-1 Critical: Sudo Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey February 17, 2009
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A flaw in Sudo enables local users to obtain administrative rights on Fedora distributions. Apply the latest patches promptly to mitigate this risk.
Harald Koenig discovered that sudo did not correctly handle certainprivilege changes when handling groups

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security advisory critical privilege escalation Ubuntu sudo

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