A sudo security update has been released for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 15.0, and -current.

slackware-security: sudo (SSA:2023-018-01)

[slackware-security] sudo (SSA:2023-018-01)

New sudo packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 15.0,
and -current to fix a security issue.

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/sudo-1.9.12p2-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes a flaw in sudo's -e option (aka sudoedit) that could allow
a malicious user with sudoedit privileges to edit arbitrary files.
For more information, see:
  https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-22809
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(  http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)

Also see the "Get Slack" section on   http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/sudo-1.9.12p2-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/sudo-1.9.12p2-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/sudo-1.9.12p2-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/sudo-1.9.12p2-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/sudo-1.9.12p2-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/sudo-1.9.12p2-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware 15.0:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/sudo-1.9.12p2-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/sudo-1.9.12p2-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/ap/sudo-1.9.12p2-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/ap/sudo-1.9.12p2-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.0 package:
4d4b24f050b89400fce402c655422e74 sudo-1.9.12p2-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
b34d668a8a66a846a3aca4fec74619ba sudo-1.9.12p2-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
3cebfe330aab0609ccdde79ebd33f5aa sudo-1.9.12p2-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
598307f0579e39ff6f8a667b258b8f90 sudo-1.9.12p2-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware 14.2 package:
4c0a735368c82198ea5773a6cd59cbd4 sudo-1.9.12p2-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
7557e0b8e0ddc19d03dd45bbed2fbbd0 sudo-1.9.12p2-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware 15.0 package:
98ce4237ac13514fbbf14d4c409ea038 sudo-1.9.12p2-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
04ca46323bf4dd7f1e730bf3a08e31d0 sudo-1.9.12p2-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
b4fe37ea6c0bbe5c6a1790bbda9898b4 ap/sudo-1.9.12p2-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
50de6695ee8c294c8080c8c7114aae48 ap/sudo-1.9.12p2-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg sudo-1.9.12p2-i586-1_slack15.0.txz