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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201406-30">
+ <title>sudo: Privilege escalation</title>
+ <synopsis>A vulnerability has been found in sudo allowing a local attacker to
+ gain elevated privileges.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">sudo</product>
+ <announced>2014-06-27</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2014-06-27</revised>
+ <bug>503586</bug>
+ <access>local</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="app-admin/sudo" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.8.5</unaffected>
+ <unaffected range="lt">1.6.9</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">1.8.5</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>sudo allows a system administrator to give users the ability to run
+ commands as other users. Access to commands may also be granted on a
+ range to hosts.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>When the Sudo env_reset option is disabled (it is enabled by default),
+ certain environment variables are not blacklisted as expected.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="high">
+ <p>A local attacker, authorized to run commands using sudo, can use this
+ flaw to execute arbitrary code or escalate his privileges.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All sudo users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=app-admin/sudo-1.8.5"
+ </code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0106">CVE-2014-0106</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2014-06-18T23:56:18Z">
+ BlueKnight
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2014-06-27T08:30:38Z">K_F</metadata>
+</glsa>