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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201504-02">
+ <title>sudo: Information disclosure</title>
+ <synopsis>A vulnerability in sudo could allow a local attacker to read
+ arbitrary files or bypass security restrictions.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">sudo</product>
+ <announced>2015-04-11</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2015-04-11</revised>
+ <bug>539532</bug>
+ <access>local</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="app-admin/sudo" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.8.12</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">1.8.12</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>sudo does not handle the TZ environment variable properly.</p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>A local attacker may be able to read arbitrary files or information from
+ device special files.
+ </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-1.8.12"
+ </code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9680">CVE-2014-9680</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2015-03-29T16:50:29Z">Zlogene</metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2015-04-11T14:50:58Z">Zlogene</metadata>
+</glsa>