Yellow Dog Linux Security Announcement
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Package:	sudo	
Issue Date: 	May 02, 2002	
Priority:	high		
Advisory ID: 	YDU-20020502-4


1. 	Topic:

	Updated sudo packages are available.


2. 	Problem:

        "The sudo (superuser do) utility allows system administratorsi
        to give certain users the ability to run commands as root with logging.

        Global InterSec LLC found an issue with Sudo 1.6.5p2 and earlier which
        can be exploited to allow a local attacker to gain root privileges.

        The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
        assigned the name CAN-2002-0184 to this issue.

        Users of Sudo are advised to upgrade to these errata packages which
        are not vulnerable to this issue."
	(from Red Hat Advisory)


3. 	Solution:

   	a) Updating via yup...
   	We suggest that you use the Yellow Dog Update Program (yup)
   	to keep your system up-to-date. The following command(s) will
   	automatically retrieve and install the fixed version of
   	this update onto your system:

		yup update sudo 

   	b) Updating manually...
   	The update can also be retrieved manually from our ftp site
   	below along with the rpm command that should be used to install
   	the update.  (Please use a mirror site)

   		ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/updates/yellowdog-2.2/ppc/
		rpm -Fvh sudo-1.6.5p2-1.7x.1.ppc.rpm 

4. Verification

MD5 checksum			  Package
--------------------------------  ----------------------------
e4f757b23af97494dbfb48cfa3bf5056  ppc/sudo-1.6.5p2-1.7x.1.ppc.rpm
13811973079f3dcf5e2994e486e38a9f  SRPMS/sudo-1.6.5p2-1.7x.1.src.rpm

If you wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with,
examine the md5sum with the following command: rpm --checksig --nogpg filename


5. Misc.

Terra Soft has setup a moderated mailing list where these security, bugfix, and package
enhancement announcements will be posted. See http://lists.yellowdoglinux.com/ for more
information.

For information regarding the usage of yup, the Yellow Dog Update Program, see 
http://http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/solutions/ydl_general/yup.shtml