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   ronjor Global Moderator

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   http://www.h-online.com/security/ne...sudo-allows-privilege-escalation-1816387.html

    

   ronjor, Mar 5, 2013

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   Hungry Man Registered Member

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   You need to be on a distro that allows changing of the date/time without root privileges. Unfortuantely, a few do this.

    

   Hungry Man, Mar 5, 2013

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   fblais Registered Member

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   Is it the case with Ubuntu and its derivatives?

    

   fblais, Mar 5, 2013

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   Hungry Man Registered Member

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   Yes, it is.

    

   Hungry Man, Mar 5, 2013

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   For Ubuntu actually old news as this vulnerability was already fixed on Feb. 28.

    

   tlu, Mar 6, 2013

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