SB2010022501 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Sudo
Published: February 25, 2010 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2010022501
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0427)
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
sudo 1.6.x before 1.6.9p21, when the runas_default option is used, does not properly set group memberships, which allows local users to gain privileges via a sudo command.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- ftp://ftp.sudo.ws/pub/sudo/sudo-1.6.9p21.patch.gz
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38762
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38795
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38803
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38915
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023658
- http://sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/aa0b6c01c462
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0075
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2006
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201003-01.xml
- http://www.gratisoft.us/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=255
- http://www.gratisoft.us/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=349
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/23/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/24/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514489/100/0/threaded
- http://www.sudo.ws/cgi-bin/cvsweb/sudo/set_perms.c.diff?r1=1.30.2.7&r2=1.30.2.8
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-905-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567622
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10946
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7216