Apple Patches 10-Year-Old macOS SUDO Root Privilege Escalation Bug

Apple has rolled out a fix for a critical sudo vulnerability in macOS Big Sur, Catalina, and Mojave that could allow unauthenticated local users to gain root-level privileges on the system. "A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges," Apple said in a security advisory. "This issue...

Sudo version 1.6.3p6 now available

Sudo version 1.6.3p6 is now available ftp sites listed at the end. This fixes a buffer overflow in sudo which is a potential security problem. I don't know of any exploits that currently exist but I suggest that you upgrade none the less. Sudo has a good track record wrt secure coding, but this o...