Description
parse.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.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Affected products
- gratisoft / sudo1.6.9 – 1.6.9
- gratisoft / sudo1.6.9 – 1.6.9
- gratisoft / sudo1.6.9 – 1.6.9
- VMware / esx4.0 – 4.0
References
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/33885
- MISChttp://osvdb.org/51736
- MISChttp://www.sudo.ws/cgi-bin/cvsweb/sudo/parse.c.diff?r1=1.160.2.21&r2=1.160.2.22&f=h
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/35766
- MISChttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021688
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33517
- MISChttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2954
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:033
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1865
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/33753
- MISChttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0267.html
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000060.html
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500546/100/0/threaded
- MISChttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6462
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/33840
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0021
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504849/100/0/threaded
- MISChttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10856
- MISChttp://www.gratisoft.us/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=327
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0009.html
- MISChttps://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468923