CVE-2009-0034

Summary

CVECVE-2009-0034
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-01-30 19:30:00 UTC
Updated2024-01-12 20:40:00 UTC
Descriptionparse.c in sudo 1.6.9p17 through 1.6.9p19 does not properly interpret a system group (aka %group) in the sudoers file during authorization decisions for a user who belongs to that group, which allows local users to leverage an applicable sudoers file and gain root privileges via a sudo command.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-863

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gratisoft Sudo 1.6.9 p17 All All
Application Gratisoft Sudo 1.6.9 p18 All All
Application Gratisoft Sudo 1.6.9 p19 All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.9_p17 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.9_p18 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.9_p19 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.9_p17 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.9_p18 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.9_p19 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 4.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VMware ESX Server update for udev, sudo, and curl - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0021 CONFIRM wiki.rpath.com
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2954 CONFIRM issues.rpath.com
51736 OSVDB osvdb.org
Sudo Supplemental Group Privilege Error Lets Certain Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Gentoo update for sudo - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Bug 468923 – VUL-0: sudo: root leak in sudo/sudoers CONFIRM bugzilla.novell.com
Red Hat update for sudo - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:033 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
Todd Miller Sudo 'Runas_Alias' Supplementary Group Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
VMSA-2009-0009 CONFIRM www.vmware.com
[Security-announce] VMSA-2009-0009 ESX Service Console updates for udev, sudo, and curl MLIST lists.vmware.com
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
404 Not Found CONFIRM www.sudo.ws
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Sudo Privilege Escalation Security Issue - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Sudo Main Page CONFIRM www.gratisoft.us
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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