[Secure-testing-team] Bug#805563: sudo: CVE-2015-8239: Race condition when checking digests in sudoers

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: sudo
Version: 1.8.7-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for sudo, no upstream fix
available TTBOMK at the time of writing.

CVE-2015-8239[0]:
race condition checking digests/checksums in sudoers

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8239
[1] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/10/2

Regards,
Salvatore