CVE-2011-0010

EPSS 0.5%

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.

Affected products

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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/2011/01/11/3 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/12/1 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/12/3 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=668879 http://secunia.com/advisories/42886 http://secunia.com/advisories/42949 http://secunia.com/advisories/42968 http://secunia.com/advisories/43068