Sudo is a program designed to allow a sysadmin to give limited root privileges to users and log root activity. The basic philosophy is to give as few privileges as possible but still allow people to get their work done.
This version is built with LDAP support, which allows an equivalent of the sudoers database to be distributed via LDAP. Authentication is still performed via pam.
This version is built with LDAP support, which allows an equivalent of the sudoers database to be distributed via LDAP. Authentication is still performed via pam.
| Original maintainer | Bdale Garbee |
|---|---|
| Homepage | http://www.sudo.ws/ |
1.8.31
1.8.27
1.8.23
1.8.21p2
1.8.20p2
1.8.19p1
1.8.16
Manual pages
cvtsudoers(1)
cvtsudoers - convert between sudoers file formats
sudo.conf(5)
sudo.conf - configuration for sudo front end
sudoers(5)
sudoers - default sudo security policy plugin
sudoers.ldap(5)
sudoers.ldap - sudo LDAP configuration
sudoers_timestamp(5)
sudoers_timestamp - Sudoers Time Stamp Format
sudo(8)
sudo, sudoedit - execute a command as another user
sudoers.ldap(8)
sudoers.ldap - sudo LDAP configuration
sudoreplay(8)
sudoreplay - replay sudo session logs
sudo_plugin(8)
sudo_plugin - Sudo Plugin API
sudo_root(8)
sudo_root - How to run administrative commands
visudo(8)
visudo - edit the sudoers file
Latest updates
Ubuntu 20.04 focal-proposed/universe: Version 1.8.31-1ubuntu1 removed
2020-02-10
Ubuntu 20.04 focal/universe: Updated from 1.8.29-1ubuntu1 to 1.8.31-1ubuntu1
2020-02-10
- Merge from Debian unstable. Remaining changes:
- debian/rules, debian/sudo.service, debian/sudo.sudo.init: stop shipping init script and service file, as they are no longer necessary.
- debian/rules:
- compile with --without-lecture --with-tty-tickets --enable-admin-flag
- install man/man8/sudo_root.8 in both flavours
- install apport hooks
- debian/source_sudo.py, debian/sudo-ldap.dirs, debian/sudo.dirs:
- add usr/share/apport/package-hooks
- debian/sudo.pam:
- Use pam_env to read /etc/environment and /etc/default/locale environment files. Reading ~/.pam_environment is not permitted due to security reasons.
- debian/sudoers:
- also grant admin group sudo access
- include /snap/bin in the secure_path
- debian/control, debian/rules:
- use dh-autoreconf
Debian 10.0 buster-proposed-updates/main: Version 1.8.27-1+deb10u2 removed
2020-02-08
Debian 10.0 buster/main: Updated from 1.8.27-1+deb10u1 to 1.8.27-1+deb10u2
2020-02-08
- Non-maintainer upload.
- Fix a buffer overflow when pwfeedback is enabled and input is a not a tty (CVE-2019-18634) (Closes: #950371)
Debian 9.0 stretch-proposed-updates/main: Version 1.8.19p1-2.1+deb9u2 removed
2020-02-08
Debian 9.0 stretch/main: Updated from 1.8.19p1-2.1 to 1.8.19p1-2.1+deb9u2
2020-02-08
- Non-maintainer upload by the Security Team.
- Fix a buffer overflow when pwfeedback is enabled and input is a not a tty (CVE-2019-18634) (Closes: #950371)
Ubuntu 20.04 focal-proposed/universe: Version 1.8.31-1ubuntu1 introduced
2020-02-03
- Merge from Debian unstable. Remaining changes:
- debian/rules, debian/sudo.service, debian/sudo.sudo.init: stop shipping init script and service file, as they are no longer necessary.
- debian/rules:
- compile with --without-lecture --with-tty-tickets --enable-admin-flag
- install man/man8/sudo_root.8 in both flavours
- install apport hooks
- debian/source_sudo.py, debian/sudo-ldap.dirs, debian/sudo.dirs:
- add usr/share/apport/package-hooks
- debian/sudo.pam:
- Use pam_env to read /etc/environment and /etc/default/locale environment files. Reading ~/.pam_environment is not permitted due to security reasons.
- debian/sudoers:
- also grant admin group sudo access
- include /snap/bin in the secure_path
- debian/control, debian/rules:
- use dh-autoreconf
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS xenial-security/universe: Updated from 1.8.16-0ubuntu1.8 to 1.8.16-0ubuntu1.9
2020-02-03
- SECURITY UPDATE: buffer overflow in sudo when pwfeedback is enabled
- debian/patches/CVE-2019-18634.patch: fix overflow in src/tgetpass.c.
- CVE-2019-18634
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS bionic-updates/universe: Updated from 1.8.21p2-3ubuntu1.1 to 1.8.21p2-3ubuntu1.2
2020-02-03
- SECURITY UPDATE: buffer overflow in sudo when pwfeedback is enabled
- debian/patches/CVE-2019-18634.patch: fix overflow in src/tgetpass.c.
- CVE-2019-18634
Ubuntu 19.10 eoan-updates/universe: Version 1.8.27-1ubuntu4.1 introduced
2020-02-03
- SECURITY UPDATE: buffer overflow in sudo when pwfeedback is enabled
- debian/patches/CVE-2019-18634.patch: fix overflow in src/tgetpass.c.
- CVE-2019-18634
Ubuntu 19.10 eoan-security/universe: Version 1.8.27-1ubuntu4.1 introduced
2020-02-03
- SECURITY UPDATE: buffer overflow in sudo when pwfeedback is enabled
- debian/patches/CVE-2019-18634.patch: fix overflow in src/tgetpass.c.
- CVE-2019-18634
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS xenial-updates/universe: Updated from 1.8.16-0ubuntu1.8 to 1.8.16-0ubuntu1.9
2020-02-03
- SECURITY UPDATE: buffer overflow in sudo when pwfeedback is enabled
- debian/patches/CVE-2019-18634.patch: fix overflow in src/tgetpass.c.
- CVE-2019-18634
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS bionic-security/universe: Updated from 1.8.21p2-3ubuntu1.1 to 1.8.21p2-3ubuntu1.2
2020-02-03
- SECURITY UPDATE: buffer overflow in sudo when pwfeedback is enabled
- debian/patches/CVE-2019-18634.patch: fix overflow in src/tgetpass.c.
- CVE-2019-18634
Debian 10.0 buster-proposed-updates/main: Version 1.8.27-1+deb10u2 introduced
2020-02-02
- Non-maintainer upload.
- Fix a buffer overflow when pwfeedback is enabled and input is a not a tty (CVE-2019-18634) (Closes: #950371)
Debian 9.0 stretch-proposed-updates/main: Updated from 1.8.19p1-2.1+deb9u1 to 1.8.19p1-2.1+deb9u2
2020-02-02
- Non-maintainer upload by the Security Team.
- Fix a buffer overflow when pwfeedback is enabled and input is a not a tty (CVE-2019-18634) (Closes: #950371)
Ubuntu 20.04 focal/universe: Version 1.8.29-1ubuntu1 introduced
2020-01-07
Debian 10.0 buster-proposed-updates/main: Version 1.8.27-1+deb10u1 removed
2019-11-16
Debian 10.0 buster/main: Updated from 1.8.27-1 to 1.8.27-1+deb10u1
2019-11-16
Debian 10.0 buster-proposed-updates/main: Version 1.8.27-1+deb10u1 introduced
2019-10-19
Debian 9.0 stretch-proposed-updates/main: Version 1.8.19p1-2.1+deb9u1 introduced
2019-10-19
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