Executive Summary

Summary
Title sudo security update
Informations
Name RHSA-2009:0267 First vendor Publication 2009-02-05
Vendor RedHat Last vendor Modification 2009-02-05
Severity (Vendor) Moderate Revision 01

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:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 6.9 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 3.4 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Problem Description:

An updated sudo package to fix a security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

3. Description:

The sudo (superuser do) utility allows system administrators to give certain users the ability to run commands as root with logging.

A flaw was discovered in a way sudo handled group specifications in "run as" lists in the sudoers configuration file. If sudo configuration allowed a user to run commands as any user of some group and the user was also a member of that group, sudo incorrectly allowed them to run defined commands with the privileges of any system user. This gave the user unintended privileges. (CVE-2009-0034)

Users of sudo should update to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to resolve this issue.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

481720 - CVE-2009-0034 sudo: incorrect handling of groups in Runas_User

Original Source

Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0267.html

CAPEC : Common Attack Pattern Enumeration & Classification

Id Name
CAPEC-1 Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs
CAPEC-13 Subverting Environment Variable Values
CAPEC-17 Accessing, Modifying or Executing Executable Files
CAPEC-39 Manipulating Opaque Client-based Data Tokens
CAPEC-45 Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links
CAPEC-51 Poison Web Service Registry
CAPEC-59 Session Credential Falsification through Prediction
CAPEC-60 Reusing Session IDs (aka Session Replay)
CAPEC-76 Manipulating Input to File System Calls
CAPEC-77 Manipulating User-Controlled Variables
CAPEC-87 Forceful Browsing
CAPEC-104 Cross Zone Scripting

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10856
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10856
Title: parse.c in sudo 1.6.9p17 through 1.6.9p19 does not properly interpret a system group (aka %group) in the sudoers file during authorization decisions for a user who belongs to that group, which allows local users to leverage an applicable sudoers file and gain root privileges via a sudo command.
Description: parse.c in sudo 1.6.9p17 through 1.6.9p19 does not properly interpret a system group (aka %group) in the sudoers file during authorization decisions for a user who belongs to that group, which allows local users to leverage an applicable sudoers file and gain root privileges via a sudo command.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-0034
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13952
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13952
Title: USN-722-1 -- sudo vulnerability
Description: Harald Koenig discovered that sudo did not correctly handle certain privilege changes when handling groups. If a local attacker belonged to a group included in a "RunAs" list in the /etc/sudoers file, that user could gain root privileges. This was not an issue for the default sudoers file shipped with Ubuntu.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-722-1
CVE-2009-0034
Version: 5
Platform(s): Ubuntu 8.10
Ubuntu 8.04
Product(s): sudo
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22769
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22769
Title: ELSA-2009:0267: sudo security update (Moderate)
Description: parse.c in sudo 1.6.9p17 through 1.6.9p19 does not properly interpret a system group (aka %group) in the sudoers file during authorization decisions for a user who belongs to that group, which allows local users to leverage an applicable sudoers file and gain root privileges via a sudo command.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2009:0267-01
CVE-2009-0034
Version: 6
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
Product(s): sudo
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:29098
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:29098
Title: RHSA-2009:0267 -- sudo security update (Moderate)
Description: An updated sudo package to fix a security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The sudo (superuser do) utility allows system administrators to give certain users the ability to run commands as root with logging.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): RHSA-2009:0267
CVE-2009-0034
Version: 3
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Product(s): sudo
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6462
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6462
Title: Sudo Supplemental Group Privilege Error Lets Certain Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
Description: parse.c in sudo 1.6.9p17 through 1.6.9p19 does not properly interpret a system group (aka %group) in the sudoers file during authorization decisions for a user who belongs to that group, which allows local users to leverage an applicable sudoers file and gain root privileges via a sudo command.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-0034
Version: 5
Platform(s): VMWare ESX Server 4.0
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 3
Os 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2011-01-24 Name : Fedora Update for sudo FEDORA-2011-0455
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2011_0455_sudo_fc13.nasl
2011-01-24 Name : Mandriva Update for sudo MDVSA-2011:018 (sudo)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2011_018.nasl
2011-01-21 Name : Fedora Update for sudo FEDORA-2011-0470
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2011_0470_sudo_fc14.nasl
2009-07-29 Name : Ubuntu USN-799-1 (dbus)
File : nvt/ubuntu_799_1.nasl
2009-07-29 Name : Ubuntu USN-801-1 (tiff)
File : nvt/ubuntu_801_1.nasl
2009-07-29 Name : Ubuntu USN-802-1 (apache2)
File : nvt/ubuntu_802_1.nasl
2009-02-18 Name : Ubuntu USN-722-1 (sudo)
File : nvt/ubuntu_722_1.nasl
2009-02-13 Name : FreeBSD Ports: sudo
File : nvt/freebsd_sudo4.nasl
2009-02-10 Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:0267
File : nvt/RHSA_2009_0267.nasl
2009-02-10 Name : Fedora Core 10 FEDORA-2009-1074 (sudo)
File : nvt/fcore_2009_1074.nasl
2009-02-10 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200902-01 (sudo)
File : nvt/glsa_200902_01.nasl
2009-02-10 Name : Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:033 (sudo)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_033.nasl
2009-02-02 Name : SuSE Security Summary SUSE-SR:2009:003
File : nvt/suse_sr_2009_003.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
51736 sudo parse.c System Group Interpretation Local Privilege Escalation

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2016-03-03 Name : The remote host is missing a security-related patch.
File : vmware_VMSA-2009-0009_remote.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-0267.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update.
File : sl_20090205_sudo_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-02-17 Name : The remote VMware ESX host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : vmware_VMSA-2009-0009.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-01-28 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2011-018.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-01-24 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2011-0455.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-01-19 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2011-0470.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2009-1074.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2009-033.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-722-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-02-09 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_13d6d997f45511dd8516001b77d09812.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-02-09 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200902-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-02-06 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2009-0267.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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