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[DSA031] DSA-031-2 sudo

Family:

Debian Local Security Checks

Category:

infos

Copyright:

This script is (C) 2004 Michel Arboi

Summary:

DSA-031-2 sudo

Version:

$Revision: 1.4 $

Cve_id:

CVE-2001-0279

Bugtraq_id:

2829

Xrefs:

DSA:031

Description:

Todd Miller announced a new version of sudo which corrects
a buffer overflow that could potentially be used to gain root privileges on the
local system. The fix from sudo 1.6.3p6 is available in sudo 1.6.2p2-1potato1
for Debian 2.2 (potato).


Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-031
Risk factor : High