ELSA-2012-1149

ELSA-2012-1149 - sudo security and bug fix update

Type:	SECURITY
Severity:	MODERATE
Release Date:	2012-08-07

Description

[1.7.2p1-14.2]
- added a workaround for a race condition in handling child processes
Resolves: rhbz#844978

[1.7.2p1-14.1]
- dont remove the sudoers: line from nsswitch.conf on update
- use safe temporary file for nsswitch.conf
- call restorecon after modifying nsswitch.conf
- fixed command escaping
- patch: Use SIG_SETMASK when resetting signal mask instead of SIG_UNBLOCK
Resolves: rhbz#842759
Resolves: rhbz#844420
Resolves: rhbz#844419
Resolves: rhbz#844418
Resolves: rhbz#844443

Related CVEs

CVE-2012-3440

Updated Packages

Release/Architecture	Filename	MD5sum	Superseded By Advisory
Oracle Linux 5 (i386)	sudo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.2.src.rpm	625bd113f2bdeced491dd58399b3ecd2	ELSA-2017-1574
	sudo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.2.i386.rpm	b0adb554260fc0500c55244c7798e8b7	ELSA-2017-1574
Oracle Linux 5 (ia64)	sudo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.2.src.rpm	625bd113f2bdeced491dd58399b3ecd2	ELSA-2017-1574
	sudo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.2.ia64.rpm	2d5c0a9754b076d57b54b803b9bb9487	ELSA-2017-1574
Oracle Linux 5 (x86_64)	sudo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.2.src.rpm	625bd113f2bdeced491dd58399b3ecd2	ELSA-2017-1574
	sudo-1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.2.x86_64.rpm	0a78973202d615e09a1699cc02d60459	ELSA-2017-1574

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