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CentOS Update for sudo CESA-2010:0122 centos5 i386

🗓️ 09 Aug 2011 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the 'sudo' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. A privilege escalation and group initialization flaw was found in sudo utility allowing arbitrary code execution and unintended privileges

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2010-March/016531.html");
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.880587");
  script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-08-09 08:20:34 +0200 (Tue, 09 Aug 2011)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.9");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_xref(name:"CESA", value:"2010:0122");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2010-0426", "CVE-2010-0427");
  script_name("CentOS Update for sudo CESA-2010:0122 centos5 i386");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'sudo'
  package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("CentOS Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/centos", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=CentOS5");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"sudo on CentOS 5");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The sudo (superuser do) utility allows system administrators to give
  certain users the ability to run commands as root.

  A privilege escalation flaw was found in the way sudo handled the sudoedit
  pseudo-command. If a local user were authorized by the sudoers file to use
  this pseudo-command, they could possibly leverage this flaw to execute
  arbitrary code with the privileges of the root user. (CVE-2010-0426)

  The sudo utility did not properly initialize supplementary groups when the
  'runas_default' option (in the sudoers file) was used. If a local user
  were authorized by the sudoers file to perform their sudo commands under
  the account specified with 'runas_default', they would receive the root
  user's supplementary groups instead of those of the intended target user,
  giving them unintended privileges. (CVE-2010-0427)

  Users of sudo should upgrade to this updated package, which contains
  backported patches to correct these issues.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated packages.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";

if(release == "CentOS5")
{

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"sudo", rpm:"sudo~1.6.9p17~6.el5_4", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
  exit(0);
}

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24 Apr 2026 00:00Current
7.7High risk
Vulners AI Score7.7
CVSS 26.9
EPSS0.01125
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