Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Sudo - CVE-2011-0010
Published: January 18, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45435
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-0010
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Sudo
Affected software:
Sudo
Sudo
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
check.c in sudo 1.7.x before 1.7.4p5, when a Runas group is configured, does not require a password for command execution that involves a gid change but no uid change, which allows local users to bypass an intended authentication requirement via the -g option to a sudo command.
How to mitigate CVE-2011-0010
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=609641
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053263.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053341.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/11/3
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/12/1
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/12/3
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42886
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42949
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42968
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43282
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-06.xml
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2011&m=slackware-security.593654
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:018
- http://www.osvdb.org/70400
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0599.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45774
- http://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/07d1b0ce530e
- http://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/fe8a94f96542
- http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/runas_group_pw.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1046-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0089
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0182
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0195
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0199
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0362
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=668879
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64636