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gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-201406-30.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201406-30">
<title>sudo: Privilege escalation</title>
<synopsis>A vulnerability has been found in sudo allowing a local attacker to
gain elevated privileges.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">sudo</product>
<announced>June 27, 2014</announced>
<revised>June 27, 2014: 1</revised>
<bug>503586</bug>
<access>local</access>
<affected>
<package name="app-admin/sudo" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">1.8.5</unaffected>
<unaffected range="lt">1.6.9</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">1.8.5</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>sudo allows a system administrator to give users the ability to run
commands as other users. Access to commands may also be granted on a
range to hosts.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>When the Sudo env_reset option is disabled (it is enabled by default),
certain environment variables are not blacklisted as expected.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="high">
<p>A local attacker, authorized to run commands using sudo, can use this
flaw to execute arbitrary code or escalate his privileges.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>All sudo users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=app-admin/sudo-1.8.5"
</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0106">CVE-2014-0106</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Wed, 18 Jun 2014 23:56:18 +0000">
BlueKnight
</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 27 Jun 2014 08:30:38 +0000">K_F</metadata>
</glsa>