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Ubuntu update for sudo Advisory Available in Danish 

Secunia Advisory: SA17390  
Release Date: 2005-10-31

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Ubuntu Linux 4.10
Ubuntu Linux 5.04


CVE reference:CVE-2005-2959 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
Ubuntu has issued an update for sudo. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA17318

Solution:
Apply updated packages.

-- Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog) --

Source archives:

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo.../sudo/sudo_1.6.7p5-1ubuntu4.3.diff.gz
Size/MD5: 21082 c81698c37a6dabb9eccf9d9c4a0b48e9
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/s/sudo/sudo_1.6.7p5-1ubuntu4.3.dsc
Size/MD5: 585 dfd36c233ae8bfb0b16d6995683c4bb6
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/s/sudo/sudo_1.6.7p5.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5: 349785 55d503e5c35bf1ea83d38244e0242aaf

amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...udo/sudo_1.6.7p5-1ubuntu4.3_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 156228 ea32212dcf00d19b65df967cf16d7138

i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...sudo/sudo_1.6.7p5-1ubuntu4.3_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 145676 f04e61af4af0740dbd21f8365be2005e

powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...o/sudo_1.6.7p5-1ubuntu4.3_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 153246 70cf540392b2fa601564cfb1a2b3b1e7

-- Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog) --

Source archives:

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo.../sudo/sudo_1.6.8p5-1ubuntu2.2.diff.gz
Size/MD5: 24513 1a6fa0bf72bdc96cd873c10d2607c470
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/s/sudo/sudo_1.6.8p5-1ubuntu2.2.dsc
Size/MD5: 585 6b50f803e5627991dc92846244e7ae08
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/s/sudo/sudo_1.6.8p5.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5: 584832 03538d938b8593d6f1d66ec6c067b5b5

amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...udo/sudo_1.6.8p5-1ubuntu2.2_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 170356 3c158ee2844029be088446f6a58b0aae

i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...sudo/sudo_1.6.8p5-1ubuntu2.2_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 158662 5c72a5a138b401fe03d164ae6a454bd3

powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...o/sudo_1.6.8p5-1ubuntu2.2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 165390 831a1b3806ec0e2ebd4429cf0334dd4e

Original Advisory:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-213-1

Other References:
SA17318:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17318/



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