DSA-2006-1 sudo -- several vulnerabilities

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-2006-1 sudo -- several vulnerabilities

Date Reported:

02 Mar 2010

Affected Packages:

sudo

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 570737.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2010-0426, CVE-2010-0427.

More information:

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in sudo, a program designed to allow a sysadmin to give limited root privileges to users. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

• CVE-2010-0426

  It was discovered that sudo when a pseudo-command is enabled, permits a match between the name of the pseudo-command and the name of an executable file in an arbitrary directory, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted executable file.

• CVE-2010-0427

  It was discovered that sudo when the runas_default option is used, does not properly set group memberships, which allows local users to gain privileges via a sudo command.

For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 1.6.9p17-2+lenny1

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 1.7.2p1-1.2, and will migrate to the testing distribution (squeeze) shortly.

We recommend that you upgrade your sudo package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sudo/sudo_1.6.9p17-2+lenny1.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sudo/sudo_1.6.9p17-2+lenny1.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sudo/sudo_1.6.9p17.orig.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sudo/sudo-ldap_1.6.9p17-2+lenny1_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sudo/sudo_1.6.9p17-2+lenny1_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sudo/sudo-ldap_1.6.9p17-2+lenny1_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sudo/sudo_1.6.9p17-2+lenny1_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sudo/sudo-ldap_1.6.9p17-2+lenny1_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sudo/sudo_1.6.9p17-2+lenny1_arm.deb

ARM EABI:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sudo/sudo_1.6.9p17-2+lenny1_armel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sudo/sudo-ldap_1.6.9p17-2+lenny1_armel.deb

HP Precision:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sudo/sudo-ldap_1.6.9p17-2+lenny1_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sudo/sudo_1.6.9p17-2+lenny1_hppa.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sudo/sudo_1.6.9p17-2+lenny1_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sudo/sudo-ldap_1.6.9p17-2+lenny1_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sudo/sudo-ldap_1.6.9p17-2+lenny1_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sudo/sudo_1.6.9p17-2+lenny1_ia64.deb

Little-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sudo/sudo-ldap_1.6.9p17-2+lenny1_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sudo/sudo_1.6.9p17-2+lenny1_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sudo/sudo-ldap_1.6.9p17-2+lenny1_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sudo/sudo_1.6.9p17-2+lenny1_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sudo/sudo_1.6.9p17-2+lenny1_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sudo/sudo-ldap_1.6.9p17-2+lenny1_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sudo/sudo_1.6.9p17-2+lenny1_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sudo/sudo-ldap_1.6.9p17-2+lenny1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.