CVE-2011-0010 Information

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.

Reference

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