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    CVE-2011-0010

    check.c in sudo 1.7.x before 1.7.4p5, when a Runas group is configured, does not require a password for command execution that involves a gid change but no uid change, which allows local users to bypass an intended authentication requirement via the -g option to a sudo command.

    Published:Jan 11, 2011
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Jan 18, 2011
    EPSS Score:0.00112
    CVSS Score:4.4

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Todd Miller
    Product
    Sudo

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=609641
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053263.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053341.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/11/3
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/12/1
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/12/3
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42886
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42949
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42968
    http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
    http://secunia.com/advisories/43282
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-06.xml
    http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2011&m=slackware-security.593654
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:018
    http://www.osvdb.org/70400
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0599.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45774
    http://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/07d1b0ce530e
    http://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/fe8a94f96542
    http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/runas_group_pw.html
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1046-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0089
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0182
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0195
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0199
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0362
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=668879
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64636
    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=609641
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053263.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053341.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/11/3
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/12/1
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/12/3
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42886
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42949
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42968
    http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
    http://secunia.com/advisories/43282
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-06.xml
    http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2011&m=slackware-security.593654
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:018
    http://www.osvdb.org/70400
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0599.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45774
    http://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/07d1b0ce530e
    http://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/fe8a94f96542
    http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/runas_group_pw.html
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1046-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0089
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0182
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0195
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0199
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0362
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=668879
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64636

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High