Fwd: RHN Errata Alert: Updated sudo packages are available

[Robert Brandtjen]

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Subject: RHN Errata Alert: Updated sudo packages are available
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 22:51:44 -0500
From: Red Hat Network Alert <rhn-admin@mail.rhns.redhat.com>
To: rob323 <rob@prometheusmedia.com>

Red Hat Network has determined that the following advisory is applicable =
to
one or more of the systems you have registered:

Complete information about this errata can be found at the following
 location: https://rhn.redhat.com/network/errata/errata_details.pxt?eid=3D=
1063

Security Advisory - RHSA-2002:071-07
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- Summary:
Updated sudo packages are available

Updated sudo packages are available which fix a local root exploit.

Description:
The sudo (superuser do) utility allows system administrators to give cert=
ain
users the ability to run commands as root with logging.

Global InterSec LLC found an issue with Sudo 1.6.5p2 and earlier which ca=
n
be exploited to allow a local attacker to gain root privileges.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
assigned the name CAN-2002-0184 to this issue.

Users of Sudo are advised to upgrade to these errata packages which are
not vulnerable to this issue.

References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=3DCAN-2002-0184
http://www.globalintersec.com/adv/sudo-2002041701.txt
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Taking Action
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You may address the issues outlined in this advisory in two ways:

     - select your server name by clicking on its name from the list
       available at the following location, and then schedule an
       errata update for it:
           https://rhn.redhat.com/network/systemlist/system_list.pxt

     - run the Update Agent on each affected server.


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Changing Notification Preferences
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To enable/disable your Errata Alert preferences globally please log in to=
 RHN
and navigate from "Your RHN" / "Your Account" to the "Preferences" tab.

        URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/network/my_account/my_prefs.pxt

You can also enable/disable notification on a per system basis by selecti=
ng
 an individual system from the "Systems List". From the individual system
 view click the "Details" tab.


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Affected Systems List
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This Errata Advisory may apply to the systems listed below. If you know t=
hat
this errata does not apply to a system listed, it might be possible that =
the
package profile for that server is out of date. In that case you should r=
un
'up2date -p' as root on the system in question to refresh your software
 profile.

There is 1 affected system registered in 'Your RHN' (only systems for
which you have explicitly enabled Errata Alerts are shown).

Release   Arch       Profile Name
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7.1       i686       server.darkwhores.com


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