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Debian Security Advisory DSA 128-1 (sudo)
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.2
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
16 years ago
Modified
Modified
6 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to sudo announced via advisory DSA 128-1.
Insight
Insight
fc found a buffer overflow in the variable expansion code used by sudo for its prompt. Since sudo is necessarily installed suid root a local user can use this to gain root access. This has been fixed in version 1.6.2-2.2 and we recommend that you upgrade
Solution
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20128-1