VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2011-0010
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…
MEDIUM 4.4EPSS 0.50%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.50%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.4 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.50% probability · 41th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- todd miller/sudo
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- 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/2011/01/11/3Patch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/12/1Patch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/12/3
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42886Vendor Advisory
- 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/07d1b0ce530ePatch
- http://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/fe8a94f96542Patch
- http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/runas_group_pw.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1046-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0089Vendor Advisory
- 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=668879Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64636
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.