bugtraq - Re: Todd Miller Sudo local root exploit discovered by Slouching

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Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:32:28 -0500
From: Steve Shockley <steve.shockley@...ckley.net>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Todd Miller Sudo local root exploit discovered by Slouching

On 3/4/2010 11:11 AM, noone@...hing.com wrote:
> Its not a sudo local root exploit, its an exploit in a misconfigured sudo file.

If it's a misconfiguration, then why'd they release a patch?

 From http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/stable.html:

Major changes between version 1.7.2p3 and 1.7.2p4:

     * Fix a bug that could allow users with permission to run sudoedit 
to run arbitrary commands.