sudo 1.6.x before 1.6.9p21 and 1.7.x before 1.7.2p4, when a pseudo-command is enabled, permits a match between the name of the pseudo-command and the name of an executable file in an arbitrary directory, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted executable file, as demonstrated by a file named sudoedit in a userβs home directory.
ftp://ftp.sudo.ws/pub/sudo/sudo-1.6.9p21.patch.gz
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=570737
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/040578.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/040588.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
secunia.com/advisories/38659
secunia.com/advisories/38762
secunia.com/advisories/38795
secunia.com/advisories/38803
secunia.com/advisories/38915
secunia.com/advisories/39399
securitytracker.com/id?1023658
slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.577019
sudo.ws/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=389
sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/88f3181692fe
sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/f86e1b56d074
wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0075
www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2006
www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201003-01.xml
www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-security-4/the-use-of-sudoedit-command-question-785442/
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:049
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514489/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/38362
www.sudo.ws/sudo/stable.html
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-905-1
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0450
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0949
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10814
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7238