From https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=762465 Index: sudo-1.8.13/plugins/sudoers/boottime.c =================================================================== --- sudo-1.8.13.orig/plugins/sudoers/boottime.c 2015-03-18 18:05:51.000000000 +0100 +++ sudo-1.8.13/plugins/sudoers/boottime.c 2015-05-14 14:48:33.855294076 +0200 @@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ get_boottime(struct timespec *ts) if (fp != NULL) { while ((len = getline(&line, &linesize, fp)) != -1) { if (strncmp(line, "btime ", 6) == 0) { + if (line[len - 1] == '\n') + line[len - 1] = '\0'; long long llval = strtonum(line + 6, 1, LLONG_MAX, NULL); if (llval > 0) { ts->tv_sec = (time_t)llval;