Gentoo Linux: CVE-2012-0809: sudo: Privilege escalation
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(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
01/31/2012
07/25/2018
10/30/2017
10/30/2017
Description
Format string vulnerability in the sudo_debug function in Sudo 1.8.0 through 1.8.3p1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string sequences in the program name for sudo.
Solution(s)
- gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-admin-sudo
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