sudo (SSA:2006-045-08)
Posted on: 02/15/2006 11:14 AM

New sudo packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and -current to fix a security issue.

More details about this issue may be found in the Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0151

Here are the details from the Slackware 10.2 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/sudo-1.6.8p12-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to sudo-1.6.8p12.
This fixes an issue where a user able to run a Python script through sudo
may be able to gain root access.
IMHO, running any kind of scripting language from sudo is still not safe...
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0151
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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Updated package for Slackware 8.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/sudo-1.6.8p12-i386-1.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 9.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.0/patches/packages/sudo-1.6.8p12-i386-1.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 9.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patches/packages/sudo-1.6.8p12-i486-1.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 10.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/sudo-1.6.8p12-i486-1.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 10.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patches/packages/sudo-1.6.8p12-i486-1.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 10.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/patches/packages/sudo-1.6.8p12-i486-1.tgz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/ap/sudo-1.6.8p12-i486-1.tgz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 8.1 package:
500a0ee571555ee770a2327a3a27a933 sudo-1.6.8p12-i386-1.tgz

Slackware 9.0 package:
02fe736a1b2e48e9bba9f8162b41b147 sudo-1.6.8p12-i386-1.tgz

Slackware 9.1 package:
79837d920b4d5c3007223f51dda2fe95 sudo-1.6.8p12-i486-1.tgz

Slackware 10.0 package:
2be4cf67584af9063f94740c18c23aaa sudo-1.6.8p12-i486-1.tgz

Slackware 10.1 package:
4cf1682f1f6459ffcdae3f8f213fa524 sudo-1.6.8p12-i486-1.tgz

Slackware 10.2 package:
38004123c469976ada1eb39152c4deb7 sudo-1.6.8p12-i486-1.tgz

Slackware -current package:
b80129cc34db0742cffc365cdfbeeadf sudo-1.6.8p12-i486-1.tgz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg sudo-1.6.8p12-i486-1.tgz


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Slackware Linux Security Team
http://slackware.com/gpg-key
security@slackware.com

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