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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201504-02

Posted on 13 April 2015
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201504-02
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Severity: Normal
Title: sudo: Information disclosure
Date: April 11, 2015
Bugs: #539532
ID: 201504-02

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability in sudo could allow a local attacker to read arbitrary
files or bypass security restrictions.

Background
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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.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-admin/sudo < 1.8.12 >= 1.8.12

Description
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sudo does not handle the TZ environment variable properly.

Impact
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A local attacker may be able to read arbitrary files or information
from device special files.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All sudo users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/sudo-1.8.12"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-9680
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9680

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-02

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

 

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