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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201203-06 |
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Severity: High |
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Title: sudo: Privilege escalation |
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Date: March 06, 2012 |
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Bugs: #351490, #401533 |
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ID: 201203-06 |
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Synopsis |
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Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in sudo, allowing local |
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attackers to possibly gain escalated 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 < 1.8.3_p2 >= 1.8.3_p2 |
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*>= 1.7.4_p5 |
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Description |
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Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in sudo: |
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* When the sudoers file is configured with a Runas group, sudo does not |
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prompt for a password when changing to the new group (CVE-2011-0010). |
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* A format string vulnerability exists in the "sudo_debug()" function |
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(CVE-2012-0809). |
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Impact |
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A local attacker could possibly gain the ability to run arbitrary |
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commands with the privileges of other users or groups, including root. |
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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-1.8.3_p2" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2011-0010 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-0010 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2012-0809 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0809 |
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Availability |
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============ |
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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-201203-06.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 2012 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 |