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Scientific Linux: CVE-2010-2956 Important Sudo Security Issue

Calendar Sep 07, 2010 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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security advisory security issue important sudo x86_64 i386 Scientific Linux
Important: sudo security update 
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 13:40:48 -0500
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA Important: sudo on SL5.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Important: sudo security update
Issue date:	2010-09-07
CVE Names:	CVE-2010-2956

A flaw was found in the way sudo handled Runas specifications containing
both a user and a group list. If a local user were authorized by the
sudoers file to perform their sudo commands with the privileges of a
specified user and group, they could use this flaw to run those commands
with the privileges of either an arbitrary user or group on the system.
(CVE-2010-2956)

SL 5.x

 SRPMS:
sudo-1.7.2p1-8.el5_5.src.rpm
 i386:
sudo-1.7.2p1-8.el5_5.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
sudo-1.7.2p1-8.el5_5.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson