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Slackware 13.0: SSA:2010-110-01 Critical Sudo Command Risk

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, and -current to fix security issues. . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] sudo (SSA:2010-110-01) 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, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/sudo-1.7.2p6-i486-1_slack13.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues that may give a user with permission to run sudoedit the ability to run arbitrary commands. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0426 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-1163 https://gratisoft.us/ https://gratisoft.us/ (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the 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 -current: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 8.1package: a9d14cb46666588711b6d94d02bc6726 sudo-1.7.2p6-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz Slackware 9.0 package: 53e4be7bcc57f3ab2f274b7095f25783 sudo-1.7.2p6-i386-1_slack9.0.tgz Slackware 9.1 package: a5b1ce06c9ee9a89dba9063d723ec186 sudo-1.7.2p6-i486-1_slack9.1.tgz Slackware 10.0 package: f4165c6529afd537b4b7ef050532e90e sudo-1.7.2p6-i486-1_slack10.0.tgz Slackware 10.1 package: b8a06ecccb0f4c605de6a8312ae7c09f sudo-1.7.2p6-i486-1_slack10.1.tgz Slackware 10.2 package: 5377218a1d575e3aea99eca960bc5b4d sudo-1.7.2p6-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz Slackware 11.0 package: 4d1dadd84d799e55f31af66eab725f5d sudo-1.7.2p6-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz Slackware 12.0 package: 0a1fe8811b6e9e8a859599cb991b97d3 sudo-1.7.2p6-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Slackware 12.1 package: 6fa9c706b6f32dc9e2541fa1340d0d52 sudo-1.7.2p6-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Slackware 12.2 package: 199078cfbcec0e73d71a5400ec9fac04 sudo-1.7.2p6-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz Slackware 13.0 package: fb464d25491158cccb1e3070361836a9 sudo-1.7.2p6-i486-1_slack13.0.txz Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: a2cd5a23e8b3b8376f18ae00dcb71b38 sudo-1.7.2p6-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz Slackware -current package: 7fbb67b8c97a1a88aad5fde550f9995e ap/sudo-1.7.2p6-i486-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: 230d179e630227ce3198eea514771a23 ap/sudo-1.7.2p6-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg sudo-1.7.2p6-i486-1_slack13.0.txz +-----+ . Update on freshly launched sudo packages for Slackware designed to address possible command execution vulnerabilities stemming from users possessing sudoedit permissions.. Slackware Update,Sudo Package Fix,Security Advisory. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Apr 20, 2010 •Critical Slackware