Updated sudo packages are available for Mandrakelinux
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Mandrakelinux Security Update Advisory
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Package name: sudo
Advisory ID: MDKSA-2004:133
Date: November 15th, 2004

Affected versions: 10.0, 10.1, 9.2, Corporate Server 2.1,
Multi Network Firewall 8.2
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Problem Description:

Liam Helmer discovered a flow in sudo's environment sanitizing. This flaw could allow a malicious users with permission to run a shell script that uses the bash shell to run arbitrary commands.

The problem is fixed in sudo 1.6.8p2; the provided packages have been patched to correct the issue.



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References:

http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/bash_functions.html
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Updated Packages:

Mandrakelinux 10.0:
aed2e76280051c66d07728a8def1f0d6 10.0/RPMS/sudo-1.6.7-0.p5.2.1.100mdk.i586.rpm
adbdabba33671b5afd0ff68b87e4b096 10.0/SRPMS/sudo-1.6.7-0.p5.2.1.100mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.0/AMD64:
073814b584cb6a32aadfd6c600c269ef amd64/10.0/RPMS/sudo-1.6.7-0.p5.2.1.100mdk.amd64.rpm
adbdabba33671b5afd0ff68b87e4b096 amd64/10.0/SRPMS/sudo-1.6.7-0.p5.2.1.100mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.1:
fc4c625448dc802c55579ca6af5834e1 10.1/RPMS/sudo-1.6.8p1-1.1.101mdk.i586.rpm
877a322aacc1d8c5561e98ee9c93bd84 10.1/SRPMS/sudo-1.6.8p1-1.1.101mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.1/X86_64:
b2a2d9f7525977965eef6d42b24dd1e0 x86_64/10.1/RPMS/sudo-1.6.8p1-1.1.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
877a322aacc1d8c5561e98ee9c93bd84 x86_64/10.1/SRPMS/sudo-1.6.8p1-1.1.101mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1:
9cff2152ca21d080c95b5c50b6bc8f86 corporate/2.1/RPMS/sudo-1.6.6-2.1.C21mdk.i586.rpm
c9fbf57d7049e55df6611b93b20a001e corporate/2.1/SRPMS/sudo-1.6.6-2.1.C21mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1/x86_64:
25cdc11547c53f9e4d05735d84b0b476 x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/sudo-1.6.6-2.1.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm
c9fbf57d7049e55df6611b93b20a001e x86_64/corporate/2.1/SRPMS/sudo-1.6.6-2.1.C21mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 9.2:
a0c78d8d8b3cb40984705268024887fc 9.2/RPMS/sudo-1.6.7-0.p5.1.1.92mdk.i586.rpm
af641eef73240e1dc44cbcec1892cd5e 9.2/SRPMS/sudo-1.6.7-0.p5.1.1.92mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 9.2/AMD64:
1d91058004b977cbf66ebc8d26a69914 amd64/9.2/RPMS/sudo-1.6.7-0.p5.1.1.92mdk.amd64.rpm
af641eef73240e1dc44cbcec1892cd5e amd64/9.2/SRPMS/sudo-1.6.7-0.p5.1.1.92mdk.src.rpm

Multi Network Firewall 8.2:
6a6b7fd3658fe72c6c95e5d7fed62669 mnf8.2/RPMS/sudo-1.6.4-3.2.M82mdk.i586.rpm
ed1e0c1fd7e689f21c5d5e9f5c7bbfed mnf8.2/SRPMS/sudo-1.6.4-3.2.M82mdk.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandrakesoft for security. You can obtain the GPG public key of the Mandrakelinux Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandrakelinux at:

http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_linux-mandrake.com