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It has been reported that certain versions of Apple MacOS X running on laptops are vulnerable to an issue that may allow a physical attacker to gain unauthorized access to the system. The problem is reported to exist in the sudo command implemented by the Terminal application that does not properly verify password information under certain circumstances. This issue has been tested on laptops running Apple OS X 10.2.3 Jaguar, OS X 10.2.7 Jaguar, and OS X 10.3 Panther however other versions may be affected as well.

It has been reported that certain versions of Apple MacOS X running on laptops are vulnerable to an issue that may allow a physical attacker to gain unauthorized access to the system. The problem is reported to exist in the sudo command implemented by the Terminal application that does not properly verify password information under certain circumstances. This issue has been tested on laptops running Apple OS X 10.2.3 Jaguar, OS X 10.2.7 Jaguar, and OS X 10.3 Panther however other versions may be affected as well.