National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-0034

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2954

Hyperlink:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2954

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468923

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468923

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-1865

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1865

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0009.html

Hyperlink:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0009.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.sudo.ws/cgi-bin/cvsweb/sudo/parse.c.diff?r1=1.160.2.21&r2=1.160.2.22&f=h

Hyperlink:http://www.sudo.ws/cgi-bin/cvsweb/sudo/parse.c.diff?r1=1.160.2.21&r2=1.160.2.22&f=h

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1021688

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021688

External Source: BID

Name: 33517

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33517

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20090711 VMSA-2009-0009 ESX Service Console updates for udev, sudo, and curl

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/504849/100/0/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20090129 rPSA-2009-0021-1 sudo

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/500546/100/0/threaded

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2009:0267

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0267.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2009:033

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:033

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.gratisoft.us/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=327

Hyperlink:http://www.gratisoft.us/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=327

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0021

Hyperlink:http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0021

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35766

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35766

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33885

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33885

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33840

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33840

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33753

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33753

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 51736

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/51736

External Source: MLIST

Name: [Security-announce] 20090710 VMSA-2009-0009 ESX Service Console updates for udev, sudo, and curl

Hyperlink:http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000060.html