USN-4263-1: Sudo vulnerability
USN-4263-1: Sudo vulnerability sudo vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 19.10 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary Sudo could allow unintended access to the administrator account. Software Description sudo – Provide limited super user privileges to specific users Details Joe Vennix discovered that Sudo incorrectly handled memory operations when the pwfeedback option is enabled. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain unintended access to the administrator account. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.10 sudo – 1.8.27-1ubuntu4.1 sudo-ldap – 1.8.27-1ubuntu4.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS sudo – 1.8.21p2-3ubuntu1.2 sudo-ldap – 1.8.21p2-3ubuntu1.2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS sudo – 1.8.16-0ubuntu1.9 sudo-ldap – 1.8.16-0ubuntu1.9 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary [ more… ]
