CVE-2010-2956

Summary

CVECVE-2010-2956
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-09-10 19:00:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-10 20:00:00 UTC
DescriptionSudo 1.7.0 through 1.7.4p3, when a Runas group is configured, does not properly handle use of the -u option in conjunction with the -g option, which allows local users to gain privileges via a command line containing a "-u root" sequence.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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 1.7.2p4 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.2p5 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.2p6 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.2p7 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.3b1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.4 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.4p1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.4p2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.4p3 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 1.7.2p4 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.2p5 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.2p6 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.2p7 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.3b1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.4 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.4p1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.4p2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.4p3 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- sudo: Privilege Escalation GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Support | Red Hat REDHAT www.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:017 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Sudo Runas Group Matching Vulnerability - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0075 CONFIRM wiki.rpath.com
Bug 628628 – CVE-2010-2956 sudo: incorrect handling of RunAs specification with both user and group lists CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
Flaw in Runas group matching CONFIRM www.sudo.ws Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
VMware ESX Console OS (COS) Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: sudo-1.7.4p4-1.fc13 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Todd Miller Sudo Runas Group Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2010:175 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
VUPEN Security - Offensive Cyber Security VUPEN www.vupen.com
VUPEN Security - Offensive Cyber Security VUPEN www.vupen.com
Gentoo update for sudo - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
USN-983-1: Sudo vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
VUPEN Security - Offensive Cyber Security VUPEN www.vupen.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
VMSA-2011-0001 CONFIRM www.vmware.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Sudo Runas Group Matching Error Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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