Secunia Security Advisory - Slackware has issued an update for sudo. This fixes some security issues, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
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TITLE:
Slackware update for sudo
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA39399
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/39399/
DESCRIPTION:
Slackware has issued an update for sudo. This fixes some security
issues, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain
escalated privileges.
For more information:
SA38659
SA39384
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.
Updated package for Slackware 8.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/sudo-1.7.2p6-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 9.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.0/patches/packages/sudo-1.7.2p6-i386-1_slack9.0.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 9.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patches/packages/sudo-1.7.2p6-i486-1_slack9.1.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 10.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/sudo-1.7.2p6-i486-1_slack10.0.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 11.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patches/packages/sudo-1.7.2p6-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
SSA:2010-110-01:
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.577019
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA38659:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38659/
SA39384:
http://secunia.com/advisories/39384/
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