Format string vulnerability in the sudo_debug function in Sudo 1.8.0 through 1.8.3p1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string sequences in the program name for sudo.
jdstrand> per upstream, introduced in 1.8, so only 12.04 affected jdstrand> -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 in combination with ASLR and NX should adequately protect against this until an update is provided