A 10-year-old bug could give hackers root access to vulnerable Linux and Unix operating systems. The vulnerability, called “Baron Samedit” by the researchers, is a heap-based buffer overflow in the Sudo utility, which is found in most Unix and Linux systems. Security experts are urging users to immediately implement a patch to mitigate the risk. The bug, which appears to have been added into Sudo source code in July 2011, was not detected until earlier this month, Qualys says.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/researchers-beware-10-year-old-linux-vulnerability-a-15877