Sudo News

Sudo version 1.6.9p17 was released on June 26, 2008.
Sudo version 1.7.0rc2 was released on June 10, 2008. This is the second release candidate for sudo 1.7.0.
Sudo version 1.6.9p16 was released on May 8, 2008.
Sudo version 1.7.0rc1 was released on May 8, 2008. This is the first release candidate for sudo 1.7.0.
Sudo version 1.6.9p15 was released on March 27, 2008.
Sudo version 1.6.9p14 was released on March 5, 2008.
Sudo version 1.6.9p13 was released on February 20, 2008. This is the first Sudo release to include support for implementing role-based access control (RBAC) via SELinux.
Sudo version 1.6.9p12 was released on January 20, 2008.
Sudo version 1.6.9p11 was released on January 5, 2008.
Sudo version 1.6.9p10 was released on December 19, 2007.
Sudo version 1.6.9p9 was released on December 3, 2007.
Sudo version 1.6.9p8 was released on November 2, 2007.
Sudo version 1.6.9p7 was released on October 25, 2007.
Sudo version 1.6.9p6 was released on October 6, 2007.
Sudo version 1.6.9p5 was released on September 5, 2007.
Sudo version 1.6.9p4 was released on August 16, 2007.
Sudo version 1.6.9p3 was released on August 2, 2007.
Sudo version 1.6.9p2 was released on July 29, 2007.
Sudo version 1.6.9p1 was released on July 26, 2007.
Sudo version 1.6.9 was released on July 17, 2007.
Sudo version 1.6.8p12 was released on November 8, 2005.
Sudo version 1.6.8p11 was released on October 28, 2005.
Sudo version 1.6.8p10 was released on October 27, 2005. This fixes a security flaw that could allow a user with sudo privileges to run a bash script to run unauthorized commands.
Sudo version 1.6.8p9 was released on June 20, 2005. This fixes a security flaw that could allow a user with sudo privileges to run unauthorized commands.
Sudo version 1.6.8p8 was released on March 31, 2005.
Sudo version 1.6.8p7 was released on February 5, 2005.
Sudo version 1.6.8p6 was released on January 1, 2005.
Sudo version 1.6.8p5 was released on November 28, 2004.
Sudo version 1.6.8p4 was released on November 17, 2004.
Sudo version 1.6.8p3 was released on November 16, 2004.
Sudo version 1.6.8p2 was released on November 11, 2004. This fixes a security flaw with respect to running Bash scripts via Sudo.
Sudo version 1.6.8p1 was released on September 15, 2004. This fixes a security flaw in sudoedit that can expose the contents of normally unreadable files.
Sudo version 1.6.8 was released on August 17, 2004.
MicroSoft was granted a patent that could be interpreted to cover Sudo on August 10, 2004.
Sudo version 1.6.7p5 was released on May 8, 2003.
Sudo version 1.6.7p4 was released on April 16, 2003.
Sudo version 1.6.7p3 was released on April 6, 2003.
Sudo version 1.6.7p2 was released on April 3, 2003.
Sudo version 1.6.7p1 was released on April 1, 2003.
Sudo version 1.6.7 was released on March 31, 2003.
Sudo version 1.6.6 was released on April 25, 2002. This fixes a potential security hole (buffer overflow) present in sudo versions 1.5.7 - 1.6.5p2.
Sudo version 1.6.5p2 was released on January 23, 2002.
Sudo version 1.6.5p1 was released on January 18, 2002.
Sudo version 1.6.5 was released on January 17, 2002.
Sudo version 1.6.4p2 was released on January 16, 2002.
Sudo version 1.6.4p1 was released on January 15, 2002.
Sudo version 1.6.4 was released on January 14, 2002.
The Sudo mailing list archives are now searchable.
Sudo version 1.6.3p7 was released on Mar 2, 2001. This fixes the negating of path-type Defaults entries in a boolean context.
Sudo version 1.6.3p6 was released on Feb 19, 2001. This fixes a security problem (heap corruption). The bugs has been successfully exploited on Linux but requires intimate knowledge of how the system malloc() works. There is a paper on this.
Sudo version 1.6.3p5 was released on Aug 13, 2000. This fixes the listpw and verifypw sudoers options.
The sudo mailing lists now use the MailMan mailing list manager.
Sudo version 1.6.3p4 was released on Jun 4, 2000. This fixes a bug in visudo.
Sudo version 1.6.3p3 was released on May 14, 2000. This adds a patch missing in version 1.6.3p2.
Sudo version 1.6.3p2 was released on May 10, 2000. This fixes three bugs present in version 1.6.3.
Sudo version 1.6.3p1 was released on May 9, 2000.
Sudo version 1.6.3 was released on March 26, 2000.
Sudo version 1.6.2p3 was released on March 9, 2000.
Sudo version 1.6.2p2 was released on February 26, 2000.
Sudo version 1.6.2p1 was released on January 27, 2000.
Sudo version 1.6.2 was released on January 24, 2000. Version 1.6.2 is primarily a bugfix release.
Sudo version 1.6.1 was released on December 10, 1999. Version 1.6.1 is a bugfix release only and does not include any new features.
The sudo web site has a new layout (as you've no doubt noticed). Hopefully it is easier to navigate in this incarnation.
Sudo version 1.6 was released on November 17, 1999. Version 1.6 features a more regular grammar and most features are now configurable at runtime.