Secunia Security Advisory - Slackware has issued an update for sudo. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
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TITLE:
Slackware update for sudo
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18906
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18906/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Privilege escalation
WHERE:
Local system
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Slackware Linux 9.1
http://secunia.com/product/2265/
Slackware Linux 9.0
http://secunia.com/product/1336/
Slackware Linux 8.x
http://secunia.com/product/146/
Slackware Linux 10.0
http://secunia.com/product/4368/
DESCRIPTION:
Slackware has issued an update for sudo. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated
privileges.
For more information:
SA18358
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.
Slackware 8.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/sudo-1.6.8p12-i386-1.tgz
Slackware 9.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.0/patches/packages/sudo-1.6.8p12-i386-1.tgz
Slackware 9.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patches/packages/sudo-1.6.8p12-i486-1.tgz
Slackware 10.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/sudo-1.6.8p12-i486-1.tgz
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.421822
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA18358:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18358/
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