Apple fixes serious sudo vulnerability in macOS

A serious vulnerability was recently discovered in the sudo tool which could be used to gain root access on Linux-based systems. It soon transpired that the very same issue also affects macOS. The security vulnerability -- known as Baron Samedit and tracked as CVE-2021-3156 -- is a years-old heap-based buffer overflow bug, and Apple has now issued a patch that fixes the problem for users of Big Sur, Catalina and Mojave flavors of macOS. See also: Sudo vulnerability could give attackers root access on Linux systems Linux sudo vulnerability also affects macOS Apple blocks sideloading of iOS apps on M1… [Continue Reading]