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[DSA031] DSA-031-2 sudo

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-031-2 sudo

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment
Todd Miller announced a new version of sudo which corrects
a buffer overflow that could potentially be used to gain root rights on the
local system. The fix from sudo 1.6.3p6 is available in sudo 1.6.2p2-1potato1
for Debian 2.2 (potato).

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-031
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 2829

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

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