CVE-2010-0426

Summary

CVECVE-2010-0426
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-02-24 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-10 19:52:00 UTC
Descriptionsudo 1.6.x before 1.6.9p21 and 1.7.x before 1.7.2p4, when a pseudo-command is enabled, permits a match between the name of the pseudo-command and the name of an executable file in an arbitrary directory, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted executable file, as demonstrated by a file named sudoedit in a user's home directory.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p3 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p4 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p5 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p6 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p7 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.4_p1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.4_p2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.5_p1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.5_p2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.7_p5 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8_p1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8_p12 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8_p2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8_p5 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8_p7 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8_p8 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8_p9 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
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.0 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.2p1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.2p2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.2p3 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p3 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p4 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p5 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p6 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p7 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.4_p1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.4_p2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.5_p1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.5_p2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.7_p5 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8_p1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8_p12 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8_p2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8_p5 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8_p7 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8_p8 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8_p9 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
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.0 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.2p1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.2p2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.2p3 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 389 – sudoedit permission in sudoers grants permission to any sudoedit executables CONFIRM sudo.ws
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
The use of sudoedit command question MISC www.linuxquestions.org
Debian update for sudo - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
sudo Privilege Escalation Security Issues - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
#570737 - sudoedit permission in sudoers grants permission to any sudoedit executables - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
USN-905-1: sudo vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Todd Miller Sudo 'sudoedit' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2010:049 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories SLACKWARE slackware.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- sudo: Privilege escalation GENTOO www.gentoo.org
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:006 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0075 CONFIRM wiki.rpath.com
Slackware update for sudo - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com
Sudo Stable Release CONFIRM www.sudo.ws Patch
ftp.sudo.ws/pub/sudo/sudo-1.6.9p21.patch.gz CONFIRM ftp.sudo.ws Patch
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
sudo: f86e1b56d074 CONFIRM sudo.ws
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Sudo sudoedit and 'runas_default' Flaws Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges SECTRACK securitytracker.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: sudo-1.7.2p6-1.fc11 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Ubuntu update for sudo - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 12 Update: sudo-1.7.2p6-1.fc12 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Gentoo update for sudo - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com
sudo: 88f3181692fe CONFIRM sudo.ws
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2006-1 sudo DEBIAN www.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2010-03-02Tomas HogerThis issue was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0122.html It did not affect the versions of the sudo package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4.
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