USN-9066-1: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
USN-9066-1
Summary
USN-8895-1 fixed a vulnerability in Sudo. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that Sudo did not properly handle time-based access restrictions when sudoers rules used NOTBEFORE or NOTAFTER with timestamps omitting the trailing timezone indicator. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute commands outside the intended time window by manipulating the TZ environment variable.
Products covered
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Remediation
USN-8895-1 fixed a vulnerability in Sudo.
CVEs in this advisory 0
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Updates
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