Gentoo: GLSA-201009-03: sudo: Privilege Escalation
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in sudo:
* Evan Broder and Anders Kaseorg of Ksplice, Inc. reported that the
sudo 'secure path' feature does not properly handle multiple PATH
variables (CVE-2010-1646).
* Markus Wuethrich of Swiss Post reported that sudo fails to restrict
access when using Runas groups and the group (-g) command line option
(CVE-2010-2956).
Resolution
All sudo users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/sudo-1.7.4_p3-r1"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2010-1646 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1646 [ 2 ] CVE-2010-2956 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2956
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201009-03
Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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Synopsis
The secure path feature and group handling in sudo allow local attackers to escalate privileges.
Background
sudo allows a system administrator to give users the ability to run commands as other users.
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-admin/sudo < 1.7.4_p3-r1 >= 1.7.4_p3-r1
Impact
===== A local attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to gain the ability to run certain commands with the privileges of other users, including root, depending on the configuration.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.