metadata/glsa/glsa-201504-02.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201504-02">
  <title>sudo: Information disclosure</title>
  <synopsis>A vulnerability in sudo could allow a local attacker to read
    arbitrary files or bypass security restrictions.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">sudo</product>
  <announced>April 11, 2015</announced>
  <revised>April 11, 2015: 1</revised>
  <bug>539532</bug>
  <access>local</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="app-admin/sudo" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.8.12</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.8.12</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>sudo does not handle the TZ environment variable properly.</p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A local attacker may be able to read arbitrary files or information from
      device special files.
    </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 "&gt;=app-admin/sudo-1.8.12"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9680">CVE-2014-9680</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sun, 29 Mar 2015 16:50:29 +0000">Zlogene</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sat, 11 Apr 2015 14:50:58 +0000">Zlogene</metadata>
</glsa>