Pardus alert 2010-38 (sudo)

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[Pardus-security] [PLSA 2010-38] Sudo: Privilege Escalation 
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Tue,  9 Mar 2010 09:07:46 +0200 (EET)
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Pardus Linux Security Advisory 2010-38            security@pardus.org.tr
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      Date: 2010-03-09
  Severity: 3
      Type: Local
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Summary
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A security issue has been fixed in sudo,  which  can  be  exploited  by 
malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges. 


Description
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CVE-2010-0426: 

Sudo, when a pseudo-command is enabled, permits a match between the name
of the pseudo-command and the name of an executable file in an arbitrary
directory, which allows local users to gain privileges  via  a  crafted 
executable file, as demonstrated by a file named sudoedit in  a  user's 
home directory. 


Affected packages:

  Pardus 2009:
    sudo, all before 1.7.1-25-6


Resolution
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There are update(s) for sudo. You can update them via Package Manager or
with a single command from console: 

    pisi up sudo

References
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  * http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-0426
  * http://bugs.pardus.org.tr/show_bug.cgi?id=12352

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