Debian DSA-2006-1 : sudo - several vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 44970

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in sudo, a program designed to allow a sysadmin to give limited root privileges to users.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2010-0426 It was discovered that sudo when a pseudo-command is enabled, permits a match between the name of the pseudo-command and the name of an executable file in an arbitrary directory, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted executable file.

- CVE-2010-0427 It was discovered that sudo when the runas_default option is used, does not properly set group memberships, which allows local users to gain privileges via a sudo command.

Solution

Upgrade the sudo package.

For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 1.6.9p17-2+lenny1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 44970

File Name: debian_DSA-2006.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 3/4/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:sudo

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/2/2010

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0426, CVE-2010-0427

BID: 38362, 38432

CWE: 264

DSA: 2006

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