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GLSA-201006-09 : sudo: Privilege escalation

medium Nessus Plugin ID 46776

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201006-09 (sudo: Privilege escalation)

 The command matching functionality does not properly handle when a file in the current working directory has the same name as a pseudo-command in the sudoers file and the PATH contains an entry for '.'.
 Impact :

 A local attacker with the permission to run sudoedit could, under certain circumstances, execute arbitrary commands as whichever user he has permission to run sudoedit as, typically root.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All sudo users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-admin/sudo-1.7.2_p6'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201006-09

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 46776

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201006-09.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Published: 6/2/2010

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:sudo, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/1/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-1163

BID: 39468

GLSA: 201006-09