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OpenPKG Security Advisory                            The OpenPKG Project
http://www.openpkg.org/security.html              http://www.openpkg.org
openpkg-security@openpkg.org                         openpkg@openpkg.org
OpenPKG-SA-2006.002                                          18-Feb-2006
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Package:             sudo
Vulnerability:       privilege escalation
OpenPKG Specific:    no

Affected Releases:   Affected Packages:        Corrected Packages:
OpenPKG CURRENT      <= sudo-1.6.8p11-20051107 >= sudo-1.6.8p12-20051109
OpenPKG 2.5          <= sudo-1.6.8p9-2.5.1     >= sudo-1.6.8p9-2.5.2
OpenPKG 2.4          <= sudo-1.6.8p8-2.4.1     >= sudo-1.6.8p8-2.4.2
OpenPKG 2.3          <= sudo-1.6.8p7-2.3.1     >= sudo-1.6.8p7-2.3.2

Description:
  According to a vendor bug report [0], an incomplete blacklist
  vulnerability exists in the Sudo [1] utility which can lead to a
  privilege escalation. The vulnerability exists in Sudo 1.6.8 and
  earlier and allows local users to gain privileges via the "SHELLOPTS"
  and "PS4" environment variables before executing a shell script on
  behalf of another user. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)
  project assigned the id CAN-2005-2959 [2] to the problem.
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References:
  [0] http://www.sudo.ws/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=182 
  [1] http://www.sudo.ws/
  [2] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2959
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