PT-2011-2010 · Sudo · Sudo

Vincent Danen · Published 2011-01-20 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2011-0008

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions sudo versions prior to 1.7.4p5-1.fc14

Description The issue arises from improper interpretation of a system group in the sudoers file, allowing local users to gain root privileges via a sudo command. This is a result of a regression related to a previous issue.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.7.4p5-1.fc14, update to version 1.7.4p5-1.fc14 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-0008

Affected Products

Sudo

References · 9

• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:018 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42968 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=668843 · Patch
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053263.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053341.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0008 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64965 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0199 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0195 · Note