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sudo: privilege escalation

Package(s):

sudo

CVE #(s):

CVE-2012-0809

Created:

February 1, 2012

Updated:

February 1, 2012

Description:

A format string vulnerability in sudo (versions 1.8.0 to 1.8.3p1) enables a local attacker to obtain root privileges; see this advisory for details.

Alerts:

Fedora	FEDORA-2012-1028	2012-01-31
Gentoo	201203-06	2012-03-05

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