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CentOS Update for sudo CESA-2010:0675 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 flaw was found in the way sudo handled Runas specifications containing both a user and a group list

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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-September/016991.html");
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.880605");
  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:"6.2");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_xref(name:"CESA", value:"2010:0675");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2010-2956");
  script_name("CentOS Update for sudo CESA-2010:0675 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 flaw was found in the way sudo handled Runas specifications containing
  both a user and a group list. If a local user were authorized by the
  sudoers file to perform their sudo commands with the privileges of a
  specified user and group, they could use this flaw to run those commands
  with the privileges of either an arbitrary user or group on the system.
  (CVE-2010-2956)

  Red Hat would like to thank Markus Wuethrich of Swiss Post - PostFinance
  for reporting this issue.

  Users of sudo should upgrade to this updated package, which contains a
  backported patch to correct this issue.");
  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~1.7.2p1~8.el5_5", 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
8.3High risk
Vulners AI Score8.3
CVSS 26.2
EPSS0.00362
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