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Posted on 07 September 2010
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201009-03
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: High
Title: sudo: Privilege Escalation
Date: September 07, 2010
Bugs: #322517, #335381
ID: 201009-03

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Synopsis
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The secure path feature and group handling in sudo allow local
attackers to escalate privileges.

Background
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sudo allows a system administrator to give users the ability to run
commands as other users.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-admin/sudo < 1.7.4_p3-r1 >= 1.7.4_p3-r1

Description
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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
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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
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All sudo users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/sudo-1.7.4_p3-r1"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2010-1646
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1646
[ 2 ] CVE-2010-2956
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2956

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201009-03.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2010 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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