GLSA-201009-03 : sudo: Privilege Escalation

medium Nessus Plugin ID 49124

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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-201009-03 (sudo: Privilege Escalation)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in sudo:
Evan Broder and Anders Kaseorg of Ksplice, Inc. reported that the sudo 'secure path' feature does not properly handle multiple PATH variables (CVE-2010-1646).
Markus Wuethrich of Swiss Post reported that sudo fails to restrict access when using Runas groups and the group (-g) command line option (CVE-2010-2956).
Impact :

A local attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to gain the ability to run certain commands with the privileges of other users, including root, depending on the configuration.
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-1.7.4_p3-r1'

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 49124

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201009-03.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 9/8/2010

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/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

Patch Publication Date: 9/7/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-1646, CVE-2010-2956

GLSA: 201009-03

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