7.2 - VMSA-2013-0007

Executive Summary

Summary
Title	VMware ESX third party update for Service Console package sudo

Informations
Name	VMSA-2013-0007	First vendor Publication	2013-05-30
Vendor	VMware	Last vendor Modification	2013-12-05
Severity (Vendor)	N/A	Revision	1

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score	NA
Base Score	NA	Environmental Score	NA
impact SubScore	NA	Temporal Score	NA
Exploitabality Sub Score	NA

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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score	7.2	Attack Range	Local
Cvss Impact Score	10	Attack Complexity	Low
Cvss Expoit Score	3.9	Authentication	None Required
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Detail

a. Service Console update for sudo

The service console package sudo is updated to version 1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.3

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2012-2337 and CVE-2012-3440 to the issues addressed in this update.

Original Source

Url : http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0007.html

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

%	Id	Name
50 %	CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
50 %	CWE-59	Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17936

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17936
Title:	USN-1442-1 -- sudo vulnerability
Description:	Sudo could allow users to run arbitrary programs as the administrator.
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	USN-1442-1 CVE-2012-2337	Version:	7
Platform(s):	Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 8.04	Product(s):	sudo
Definition Synopsis:
Release section Ubuntu 12.04 is installed Packages match section sudo DPKG is earlier than 1.8.3p1-1ubuntu3.2 AND sudo-ldap DPKG is earlier than 1.8.3p1-1ubuntu3.2 AND Release section Ubuntu 11.10 is installed Packages match section sudo DPKG is earlier than 1.7.4p6-1ubuntu2.1 AND sudo-ldap DPKG is earlier than 1.7.4p6-1ubuntu2.1 AND Release section Ubuntu 11.04 is installed Packages match section sudo DPKG is earlier than 1.7.4p4-5ubuntu7.2 AND sudo-ldap DPKG is earlier than 1.7.4p4-5ubuntu7.2 AND Release section Ubuntu 10.04 is installed Packages match section sudo DPKG is earlier than 1.7.2p1-1ubuntu5.4 AND sudo-ldap DPKG is earlier than 1.7.2p1-1ubuntu5.4 AND Release section Ubuntu 8.04 is installed Packages match section sudo DPKG is earlier than 1.6.9p10-1ubuntu3.9 AND sudo-ldap DPKG is earlier than 1.6.9p10-1ubuntu3.9

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20104

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20104
Title:	DSA-2478-1 sudo - parsing error
Description:	It was discovered that sudo misparsed network masks used in Host and Host_List stanzas. This allowed the execution of commands on hosts, where the user would not be allowed to run the specified command.
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	DSA-2478-1 CVE-2012-2337	Version:	5
Platform(s):	Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 6.0	Product(s):	sudo
Definition Synopsis:
Debian 6.0 is installed GNU/Linux or GNU/kFreeBSD kernel Debian GNU/Linux is installed AND Debian GNU/kFreeBSD is installed AND sudo DPKG is earlier than 0:1.7.4p4-2.squeeze.3

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20533

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20533
Title:	VMware ESX third party update for Service Console package sudo
Description:	A certain Red Hat script for sudo 1.7.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /var/tmp/nsswitch.conf.bak temporary file.
Family:	unix	Class:	vulnerability
Reference(s):	CVE-2012-3440	Version:	4
Platform(s):	VMWare ESX Server 4.0	Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Patch ESX400-201305402-SG is not installed VMware ESX Server 4.0 is installed AND Patch ESX400-201305402-SG is not installed

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20702

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20702
Title:	VMware ESX third party update for Service Console package sudo
Description:	sudo 1.6.x and 1.7.x before 1.7.9p1, and 1.8.x before 1.8.4p5, does not properly support configurations that use a netmask syntax, which allows local users to bypass intended command restrictions in opportunistic circumstances by executing a command on a host that has an IPv4 address.
Family:	unix	Class:	vulnerability
Reference(s):	CVE-2012-2337	Version:	4
Platform(s):	VMWare ESX Server 4.0	Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Patch ESX400-201305402-SG is not installed VMware ESX Server 4.0 is installed AND Patch ESX400-201305402-SG is not installed

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21239

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21239
Title:	RHSA-2012:1081: sudo security update (Moderate)
Description:	sudo 1.6.x and 1.7.x before 1.7.9p1, and 1.8.x before 1.8.4p5, does not properly support configurations that use a netmask syntax, which allows local users to bypass intended command restrictions in opportunistic circumstances by executing a command on a host that has an IPv4 address.
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	RHSA-2012:1081-01 CESA-2012:1081 CVE-2012-2337	Version:	4
Platform(s):	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 CentOS Linux 5 CentOS Linux 6	Product(s):	sudo
Definition Synopsis:
Operation system section Redhat 5 or Centos 5 release The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 AND The operating system installed on the system is CentOS Linux 5.x AND sudo is earlier than 0:1.7.2p1-14.el5_8 AND Operation system section sudo is earlier than 0:1.7.4p5-12.el6_3 Redhat 6 or Centos 6 release The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 AND The operating system installed on the system is CentOS Linux 6.x

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21267

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21267
Title:	RHSA-2012:1149: sudo security and bug fix update (Moderate)
Description:	A certain Red Hat script for sudo 1.7.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /var/tmp/nsswitch.conf.bak temporary file.
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	RHSA-2012:1149-00 CESA-2012:1149 CVE-2012-3440	Version:	4
Platform(s):	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 CentOS Linux 5	Product(s):	sudo
Definition Synopsis:
Redhat 5 or Centos 5 release The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 AND The operating system installed on the system is CentOS Linux 5.x AND sudo is earlier than 0:1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.2

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23171

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23171
Title:	DEPRECATED: ELSA-2012:1081: sudo security update (Moderate)
Description:	sudo 1.6.x and 1.7.x before 1.7.9p1, and 1.8.x before 1.8.4p5, does not properly support configurations that use a netmask syntax, which allows local users to bypass intended command restrictions in opportunistic circumstances by executing a command on a host that has an IPv4 address.
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	ELSA-2012:1081-01 CVE-2012-2337	Version:	7
Platform(s):	Oracle Linux 5 Oracle Linux 6	Product(s):	sudo
Definition Synopsis:
rpm test Oracle Linux 5.x AND sudo is earlier than 0:1.7.2p1-14.el5_8 OR rpm test sudo is earlier than 0:1.7.4p5-12.el6_3 AND Oracle Linux 6.x

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23250

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23250
Title:	ELSA-2012:1149: sudo security and bug fix update (Moderate)
Description:	A certain Red Hat script for sudo 1.7.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /var/tmp/nsswitch.conf.bak temporary file.
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	ELSA-2012:1149-00 CVE-2012-3440	Version:	6
Platform(s):	Oracle Linux 5	Product(s):	sudo
Definition Synopsis:
Oracle Linux 5.x AND sudo is earlier than 0:1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.2

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23860

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23860
Title:	ELSA-2012:1081: sudo security update (Moderate)
Description:	sudo 1.6.x and 1.7.x before 1.7.9p1, and 1.8.x before 1.8.4p5, does not properly support configurations that use a netmask syntax, which allows local users to bypass intended command restrictions in opportunistic circumstances by executing a command on a host that has an IPv4 address.
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	ELSA-2012:1081-01 CVE-2012-2337	Version:	6
Platform(s):	Oracle Linux 5 Oracle Linux 6	Product(s):	sudo
Definition Synopsis:
rpm test Oracle Linux 5.x AND sudo is earlier than 0:1.7.2p1-14.el5_8 OR rpm test sudo is earlier than 0:1.7.4p5-12.el6_3 AND Oracle Linux 6.x

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27394

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27394
Title:	DEPRECATED: ELSA-2012-1081 -- sudo security update (moderate)
Description:	[1.7.4p5-12] - added patch for CVE-2012-2337 Resolves: rhbz#829756
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	ELSA-2012-1081 CVE-2012-2337	Version:	4
Platform(s):	Oracle Linux 5 Oracle Linux 6	Product(s):	sudo
Definition Synopsis:
Oracle Linux 5 release section Oracle Linux 5.x AND sudo is earlier than 0:1.7.2p1-14.el5_8 AND Oracle Linux 6 release section Oracle Linux 6.x AND sudo is earlier than 0:1.7.4p5-12.el6_3

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27534

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27534
Title:	DEPRECATED: ELSA-2012-1149 -- sudo security and bug fix update (moderate)
Description:	[1.7.2p1-14.2] - added a workaround for a race condition in handling child processes Resolves: rhbz#844978 [1.7.2p1-14.1] - dont remove the sudoers: line from nsswitch.conf on update - use safe temporary file for nsswitch.conf - call restorecon after modifying nsswitch.conf - fixed command escaping - patch: Use SIG_SETMASK when resetting signal mask instead of SIG_UNBLOCK Resolves: rhbz#842759 Resolves: rhbz#844420 Resolves: rhbz#844419 Resolves: rhbz#844418 Resolves: rhbz#844443
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	ELSA-2012-1149 CVE-2012-3440	Version:	4
Platform(s):	Oracle Linux 5	Product(s):	sudo
Definition Synopsis:
Oracle Linux 5.x AND sudo is earlier than 0:1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.2

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

Type	Description	Count
Application	Todd Miller Sudo cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.9p23:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.9p22:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.9p21:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.9p20:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.8p12:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.7p5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.4p2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.3_p7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.2p3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6:::::::*	20
Os	Redhat Enterprise Linux cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:::::::*	1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date	Description
2012-08-30	Name : Fedora Update for sudo FEDORA-2012-7998 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_7998_sudo_fc17.nasl
2012-08-10	Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201207-01 (sudo) File : nvt/glsa_201207_01.nasl
2012-08-09	Name : CentOS Update for sudo CESA-2012:1149 centos5 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2012_1149_sudo_centos5.nasl
2012-08-09	Name : RedHat Update for sudo RHSA-2012:1149-01 File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2012_1149-01_sudo.nasl
2012-08-03	Name : Mandriva Update for sudo MDVSA-2012:079 (sudo) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2012_079.nasl
2012-07-30	Name : CentOS Update for sudo CESA-2012:1081 centos5 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2012_1081_sudo_centos5.nasl
2012-07-30	Name : CentOS Update for sudo CESA-2012:1081 centos6 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2012_1081_sudo_centos6.nasl
2012-07-19	Name : RedHat Update for sudo RHSA-2012:1081-01 File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2012_1081-01_sudo.nasl
2012-05-31	Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 2478-1 (sudo) File : nvt/deb_2478_1.nasl
2012-05-31	Name : FreeBSD Ports: sudo File : nvt/freebsd_sudo11.nasl
2012-05-17	Name : Ubuntu Update for sudo USN-1442-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1442_1.nasl

Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)

Date	Description
2013-06-06	IAVM : 2013-B-0064 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in VMware ESX 4.0 Severity : Category II - VMSKEY : V0038876

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date	Description
2016-03-04	Name : The remote VMware ESX / ESXi host is missing a security-related patch. File : vmware_esx_VMSA-2013-0007_remote.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-19	Name : The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch for third-party software. File : solaris11_sudo_20120717.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-11-08	Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update. File : redhat-RHSA-2012-1200.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-11-08	Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2012-1185.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-13	Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2012-293.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-09-04	Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update. File : ala_ALAS-2012-110.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12	Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-1081.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12	Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-1149.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-05-31	Name : The remote VMware ESX host is missing a security-related patch. File : vmware_VMSA-2013-0007.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-04-20	Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2013-054.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-25	Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_sudo-120517.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-09	Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update. File : sl_20120808_sudo_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-08	Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update. File : centos_RHSA-2012-1149.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-08	Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2012-1149.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01	Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20120716_sudo_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-07-17	Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2012-1081.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-07-17	Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update. File : centos_RHSA-2012-1081.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-07-13	Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2012-8021.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-07-10	Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-201207-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-05-30	Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2012-7998.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-05-29	Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse_sudo-8134.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-05-24	Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-2478.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-05-22	Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2012-079.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-05-17	Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-1442-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-05-17	Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update. File : freebsd_pkg_b3435b689ee811e1997c002354ed89bc.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date	Informations
2016-03-05 13:26:43	Multiple Updates
2014-02-17 12:07:27	Multiple Updates
2013-12-06 09:18:33	Multiple Updates
2013-11-11 12:41:42	Multiple Updates
2013-09-09 21:21:04	First insertion

Global Informations

Type	Count
CWE ID(s)	2
Oval ID(s)	11
CPE ID(s)	21
Openvas Exploit(s)	11
IAVM(s)	1
Nessus® Exploit(s)	25

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7.2 - VMSA-2013-0007

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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

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Original Source

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

OVAL Definitions

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

OpenVAS Exploits

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