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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201009-03 |
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Severity: High |
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Title: sudo: Privilege Escalation |
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Date: September 07, 2010 |
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Bugs: #322517, #335381 |
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ID: 201009-03 |
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Synopsis |
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The secure path feature and group handling in sudo allow local |
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attackers to escalate privileges. |
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Background |
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sudo allows a system administrator to give users the ability to run |
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commands as other users. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 app-admin/sudo < 1.7.4_p3-r1 >= 1.7.4_p3-r1 |
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Description |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in sudo: |
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* Evan Broder and Anders Kaseorg of Ksplice, Inc. reported that the |
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sudo 'secure path' feature does not properly handle multiple PATH |
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variables (CVE-2010-1646). |
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* Markus Wuethrich of Swiss Post reported that sudo fails to restrict |
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access when using Runas groups and the group (-g) command line option |
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(CVE-2010-2956). |
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Impact |
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A local attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to gain the |
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ability to run certain commands with the privileges of other users, |
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including root, depending on the configuration. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All sudo users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/sudo-1.7.4_p3-r1" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2010-1646 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1646 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2010-2956 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2956 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201009-03.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2010 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |