Security
Security
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in sudo, the worst of which could result in privilege escalation.
| Package | app-admin/sudo on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 1.9.17_p1 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 1.9.17_p1 |
sudo allows a system administrator to give users the ability to run commands as other users.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in sudo. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
An attacker can escalate privileges to root by providing a special argument to sudo's --chroot (which is used for chroot purposes). Please review the referenced CVE identifier for details.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All sudo users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/sudo-1.9.17_p1"
Release date
July 01, 2025
Latest revision
July 01, 2025: 1
Severity
high
Exploitable
local and remote
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