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Unearthing a 10-Year Old SUDO Vulnerability – . Wheel – PSW #683

“Wheel” was part of the team that discovered the heap overflow vulnerability in SUDO, Baron Samedit (CVE-2021-3156), that impacted major Unix-like operating systems included Linux, macOS, AIX and Solaris. He’ll provide an overview of the vulnerability and then dive into a technical discussion of the research.

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Guest

. Wheel
. Wheel
Researcher at Qualys

“Wheel” is a member of the Qualys Research Team responsible for finding zero-days.

Hosts

Paul Asadoorian
Paul Asadoorian
Founder at Security Weekly
Lee Neely
Lee Neely
Information Assurance APL at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Tyler Robinson
Tyler Robinson
Director of Offensive Security & Research at Trimarc Security, Founder & CEO at Dark Element

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