CVE-2010-0427

Summary

CVECVE-2010-0427
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-02-25 19:30:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-10 19:52:00 UTC
Descriptionsudo 1.6.x before 1.6.9p21, when the runas_default option is used, does not properly set group memberships, which allows local users to gain privileges via a sudo command.

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 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 1.6.6 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.7 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.7_p5 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8 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_p5 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 1.6 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 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 1.6.6 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.7 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.7_p5 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8 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_p5 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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Sudo Main Page CONFIRM www.gratisoft.us
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Debian update for sudo - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
USN-905-1: sudo vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- sudo: Privilege escalation GENTOO www.gentoo.org
404 Not Found CONFIRM www.sudo.ws
[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
sudo: aa0b6c01c462 CONFIRM sudo.ws
Sudo Main Page CONFIRM www.gratisoft.us Exploit
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com
ftp.sudo.ws/pub/sudo/sudo-1.6.9p21.patch.gz CONFIRM ftp.sudo.ws Patch
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Sudo sudoedit and 'runas_default' Flaws Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges SECTRACK securitytracker.com
Ubuntu update for sudo - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Gentoo update for sudo - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - CVE assignment notification -- CVE-2010-0427 -- sudo fails to reset group permissions if runas_default set MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE assignment notification -- CVE-2010-0427 -- sudo fails to reset group permissions if runas_default set MLIST www.openwall.com
Bug 567622 – CVE-2010-0427 sudo: Fails to reset group permissions if runas_default set CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.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 packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4.
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