Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:23968Privilege Escalation
6.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The sudo (superuser do) vulnerable to a privilege escalation flaw. It 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.
References
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=570737
ftp://ftp.sudo.ws/pub/sudo/sudo-1.6.9p21.patch.gz
ftp://ftp.sudo.ws/pub/sudo/sudo-1.6.9p21.patch.gz
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/040578.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/040588.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
secunia.com/advisories/38659
secunia.com/advisories/38762
secunia.com/advisories/38795
secunia.com/advisories/38803
secunia.com/advisories/38915
secunia.com/advisories/39399
securitytracker.com/id?1023658
slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.577019
sudo.ws/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=389
sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/88f3181692fe
sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/f86e1b56d074
wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0075
www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2006
www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201003-01.xml
www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-security-4/the-use-of-sudoedit-command-question-785442/
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:049
www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514489/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/38362
www.sudo.ws/sudo/stable.html
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-905-1
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0450
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0949
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0122
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10814
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7238
Related
6.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C