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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-22.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-22.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..495ed057 --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-22.xml @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200506-22"> + <title>sudo: Arbitrary command execution</title> + <synopsis> + A vulnerability in sudo may allow local users to elevate privileges. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">sudo</product> + <announced>June 23, 2005</announced> + <revised>June 23, 2005: 01</revised> + <bug>96618</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="app-admin/sudo" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.6.8_p9</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.6.8_p9</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + sudo allows a system administrator to give users the ability to + run commands as other users. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + The sudoers file is used to define the actions sudo users are + permitted to perform. Charles Morris discovered that a specific layout + of the sudoers file could cause the results of an internal check to be + clobbered, leaving sudo vulnerable to a race condition. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + Successful exploitation would permit a local sudo user to execute + arbitrary commands as another user. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + Reorder the sudoers file using the visudo utility to ensure the + 'ALL' pseudo-command precedes other command definitions. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All sudo users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/sudo-1.6.8_p9"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/path_race.html">Sudo Announcement</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 21 Jun 2005 20:05:11 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Wed, 22 Jun 2005 15:18:20 +0000"> + taviso + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Thu, 23 Jun 2005 06:48:01 +0000"> + jaervosz + </metadata> +</glsa> |