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Sudo Update

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Classification
These posts contain security alerts, including digital loopholes, electronic attacks, technical updates, and they are classified base on the level of severity.

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Warning Date

Severity Level

Warning Number

Target Sector

4 February, 2020

● High

2020-877

All

Description:

Sudo has released security update to address a vulnerability in the following versions:

  • Sudo with pwfeedback option enabled - versions before 1.8.26 on Linux or macOS systems

Threats:

Low privileged users could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands with administrative ('root') privileges.

Best practice and Recommendations:

The CERT team encourages users to review Sudo security advisory and apply the necessary update:

Last updated at 4 February, 2020

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