Bookmem 95 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 (edited) I just read an article from ZDNet about a bug in sudo that let's anyone who gains access to get root priveleges. Normally, by time a bug like this gets reported, it has already been patched. Does anyone know if that's the case with this one? Not that I'm worried because no one but me has access to my computers anyway. edit: Closer reading answers my question. Quote was patched earlier today with the release of Sudo v1.9.5p2 Edited January 27 by Bookmem Link to post Share on other sites
V.T. Eric Layton 6,697 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Yup. Already patched in Slackware (2 days ago) and most other Linux distributions, by now. Link to post Share on other sites
securitybreach 11,431 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Yup, it was patched the day of the announcement. Link to post Share on other sites
securitybreach 11,431 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 That's the beauty of opensource, we get things fixed pretty fast. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
wa4chq 416 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 (edited) Quote The following versions of sudo are affected: 1.8.2 through 1.8.31p2 and 1.9.0 through 1.9.5p1. So mine is 1.8.19p1...I reckon that means only a select few can gain access to my root. Edited January 27 by wa4chq Link to post Share on other sites
securitybreach 11,431 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 53 minutes ago, wa4chq said: So mine is 1.8.19p1-2.1+deb9u3...I reckon that means only a select few can gain access to my root. Have you checked for updates as someone else said they got the update on MX Linux? Link to post Share on other sites
wa4chq 416 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 I didn't see anything on the MXLinux site. I did a reinstall of sudo and it gave one upgrade (not sure what I originally had) and what I posted above is what they upgraded to.... Link to post Share on other sites
securitybreach 11,431 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Odd Link to post Share on other sites
securitybreach 11,431 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 I tried earlier to look up their software repos list or mirror earlier but I got busy at work. Link to post Share on other sites
sunrat 2,316 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Fixed in Debian January 26. See NEW UPDATES Debian topic. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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