Ubuntu security notices
USN-4154-1: Sudo vulnerability
USN-4154-1: Sudo vulnerability sudo vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 19.04 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 ESM Ubuntu 12.04 ESM Summary Sudo could be made to run commands as root if it called with a specially crafted user ID. Software Description sudo – Provide limited super user privileges to specific users Details Joe Vennix discovered that Sudo incorrectly handled certain user IDs. An attacker could potentially exploit this to execute arbitrary commands as the root user. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.04 sudo – 1.8.27-1ubuntu1.1 sudo-ldap – 1.8.27-1ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS sudo – 1.8.21p2-3ubuntu1.1 sudo-ldap – 1.8.21p2-3ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS sudo – 1.8.16-0ubuntu1.8 sudo-ldap – 1.8.16-0ubuntu1.8 Ubuntu 14.04 ESM sudo – 1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.5+esm2 sudo-ldap – 1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.5+esm2 Ubuntu 12.04 ESM [ more… ]