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SSA-2005-172-01 sudo

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
SSA-2005-172-01 sudo

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

New Sudo packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0,
10.1, and -current to fix a security issue. A race condition could
permit a user with Sudo rights to run arbitrary commands.

For more details, see:
http://www.courtesan.com/sudo/alerts/path_race.html

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

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