sudo: Privilege escalation in via improper get_process_ttyname() parsing

A flaw was found in the way sudo parsed tty information from the process status file in the proc filesystem. A local user with privileges to execute commands via sudo could use this flaw to escalate their privileges to root...

Scientific Linux Security Update : sudo on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20130930)

A flaw was found in the way sudo handled time stamp files. An attacker able to run code as a local user and with the ability to control the system clock could possibly gain additional privileges by running commands that the victim user was allowed to run via sudo, without knowing the victim's...