Package sudo: Information

    Source package: sudo
    Version: 1.6.8p12-alt7
    Build time:  Feb 23, 2010, 06:23 PM
    Category: System/Base
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    License: BSD-style
    Summary: Allows command execution as another user
    Description: 
    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.

    List of rpms provided by this srpm:
    sudo (x86_64, i586)

    Maintainer: Dmitry V. Levin

    List of contributors:
    Dmitry V. Levin
    qa-robot


      1. libpam-devel
      2. flex

    Last changed


    Feb. 23, 2010 Dmitry V. Levin 1:1.6.8p12-alt7
    - Backported upstream fix for CVE-2010-0426 (a flaw in sudoedit could
      give a user with permission to run sudoedit the ability to run
      arbitrary commands).
    May 6, 2009 Dmitry V. Levin 1:1.6.8p12-alt6
    - Fixed build with fresh libtool.
    Jan. 21, 2008 Dmitry V. Levin 1:1.6.8p12-alt5
    - Documented that set_home is on by default due to --enable-shell-sets-home.
    - Configured less confusing default password prompt (#13719).
    - Fixed build with autoconf-2.61.