Back Linuxsecurity Ubuntu 25.10 Sudo Critical Privilege Escalation Vulnerability USN-8092
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 25.10 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Summary: Sudo could be made to run programs as an administrator. Software Description: - sudo: Provide limited super user privileges to specific users Details: It was discovered that Sudo incorrectly checked return codes when dropping privileges to run the mailer. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges.
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 25.10 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Summary: Sudo could be made to run programs as an administrator. Software Description: - sudo: Provide limited super user privileges to specific users Details: It was discovered that Sudo incorrectly checked return codes when dropping privileges to run the mailer. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 25.10 sudo 1.9.17p2-1ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS sudo 1.9.15p5-3ubuntu5.24.04.2 sudo-ldap 1.9.15p5-3ubuntu5.24.04.2 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS sudo 1.9.9-1ubuntu2.6 sudo-ldap 1.9.9-1ubuntu2.6 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 25.10 sudo 1.9.17p2-1ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS sudo 1.9.15p5-3ubuntu5.24.04.2 sudo-ldap 1.9.15p5-3ubuntu5.24.04.2 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS sudo 1.9.9-1ubuntu2.6 sudo-ldap 1.9.9-1ubuntu2.6 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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