Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:29:29 -0500
From: rPath Update Announcements <announce-noreply@rpath.com.>
To: [email protected],
Subject: rPSA-2009-0021-1 sudo
Message-ID: <49820399.stKvaJbS1NyrGbo+%[email protected]>
User-Agent: nail 11.22 3/20/05
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Virus-Scanned: antivirus-gw at tyumen.ru
rPath Security Advisory: 2009-0021-1
Published: 2009-01-29
Products:
rPath Linux 2
Rating: Major
Exposure Level Classification:
Local Root Deterministic Privilege Escalation
Updated Versions:
sudo=conary.rpath.com@rpl:2/1.6.9p12-3.1-1
rPath Issue Tracking System:
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2954
References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0034
Description:
In previous versions of sudo, in a non-default configuration which
allows users in certain groups to run commands as other non-root
users, it is possible for non-root users to inappropriately gain
root privileges. This has been fixed.
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0021
Copyright 2009 rPath, Inc.
This file is distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
A copy is available at http://www.rpath.com/permanent/mit-license.html
