A now-fixed 10-year-old bug in Sudo used in several versions of Linux allowed any local user to gain root access (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

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Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
A now-fixed 10-year-old bug in Sudo used in several versions of Linux allowed any local user to gain root access  —  A now-fixed Sudo vulnerability allowed any local user to gain root privileges on Unix-like operating systems without requiring authentication.

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