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The vulnerability in sudo, patched

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MuySeguridad our colleagues say, those responsible for the utility sudo management tool that allows elevate privileges on Unix operating systems, have released new versions to resolve a known vulnerability that allowed an attacker become root.

sudo vulnerability The vulnerability in sudo, patched

Sudo is an important tool as it is included in Unix as BSD or Mac OS X and most Linux distributions market.

Sudo allows

run programs with security privileges of another user (root) safely. Even operating systems like Ubuntu and Mac OS X force to make any administrative access through sudo as the root password is disabled by default.

You have more details on that patch and a link to download the original story in MuySeguridad .

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Critical vulnerability in sudo

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famous sudo that allows a user to become one with certain privileges offers a great potential for system administrators, but you must use this capability with caution, especially after news that the command suffers from a critical security problem .

sudo critical security vulnerability sudo 500x365

discussed in Hispasec

where say the problem is in a format string error in the function “sudo_debug” sudo.c file at the time of processing the name of the program is passed as parameter.

original article provides information on the form in which it could exploit the vulnerability (CVE 2012-0809), and note that the failure is present in the 1.8.x versions of sudo, sudo has been fixed in 1.8. 3.p2, package that you should compile and update as soon as possible as the problem affects almost all Linux distros, as well as BSD or Mac OS X.

Critical vulnerability in sudo

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famous sudo command allows a user to become one with certain privileges offers a great potential for system administrators, but you must use this capability with caution, especially after news that the command suffers from a safety critical issue .

sudo Safety Critical vulnerability in sudo 500x365

discussed in Hispasec, where they note that the problem is in a format string error in the function “sudo_debug” sudo.c file when processing the name of the program is passed as parameter.

original article provides information on the form in which it could exploit the vulnerability (CVE 2012-0809), and point out that the fault is present in the 1.8.x versions of sudo, sudo has been fixed in 1.8. 3.p2, package that you should compile and update as soon as possible as the problem affects almost all Linux distros, as well as BSD or Mac OS X.

Critical vulnerability in sudo

first_main_article” class=”article readability=”36″>

sudo critical security vulnerability sudo 500x365

discussed in Hispasec

where say the problem is in a format string error in the function “sudo_debug” sudo.c file at the time of processing the name of the program is passed as parameter.

The vulnerability in sudo, patched

Critical vulnerability in sudo

Critical vulnerability in sudo

Critical vulnerability in sudo

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