<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201406-30"> <title>sudo: Privilege escalation</title> <synopsis>A vulnerability has been found in sudo allowing a local attacker to gain elevated privileges. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">sudo</product> <announced>2014-06-27</announced> <revised count="1">2014-06-27</revised> <bug>503586</bug> <access>local</access> <affected> <package name="app-admin/sudo" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">1.8.5</unaffected> <unaffected range="lt">1.6.9</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">1.8.5</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>sudo allows a system administrator to give users the ability to run commands as other users. Access to commands may also be granted on a range to hosts. </p> </background> <description> <p>When the Sudo env_reset option is disabled (it is enabled by default), certain environment variables are not blacklisted as expected. </p> </description> <impact type="high"> <p>A local attacker, authorized to run commands using sudo, can use this flaw to execute arbitrary code or escalate his privileges. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All sudo users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/sudo-1.8.5" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0106">CVE-2014-0106</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2014-06-18T23:56:18Z"> BlueKnight </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2014-06-27T08:30:38Z">K_F</metadata> </glsa>