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Old 5th March 2013
J65nko J65nko is offline
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Default Security vulnerability in sudo allows privilege escalation

From http://h-online.com/-1816387

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It has been discovered that under certain conditions, a security vulnerability allows attackers to circumvent the protections offered by the sudo utility. The hole permits attackers to execute commands which would otherwise require the use of sudo coupled with the relevant password.
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