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TITLE:
Red Hat update for sudo

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33840

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33840/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/13652/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/13653/

DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for sudo. This fixes a security issue,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated
privileges.

For more information:
SA33753

SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
RHSA-2009:0267-5:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0267.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA33753:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33753/

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