sudo: Memory Manipulation

Background

sudo allows a system administrator to give users the ability to run commands as other users.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in sudo. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Stack/register variables can be flipped via fault injection, affecting execution flow in security-sensitive code.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All sudo users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/sudo-1.9.15_p2"