openSUSE Security Update: sudo security update ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2010:0591-1 Rating: important References: #635843 Cross-References: CVE-2010-2956 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.3 openSUSE 11.2 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: sudo's handling of the -g command line option allowed to also specify -u in some cases, therefore allowing users to actually run commands as root (CVE-2010-2956). Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 11.3: zypper in -t patch sudo-3083 - openSUSE 11.2: zypper in -t patch sudo-3083 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64): sudo-1.7.2p7-2.1.1 - openSUSE 11.2 (i586 x86_64): sudo-1.7.2-2.3.1 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2956.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/635843