CVE-2010-2956

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    CVE-2010-2956

    Published: 10 Sept 2010Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Sudo 1.7.0 through 1.7.4p3, when a Runas group is configured, does not properly handle use of the -u option in conjunction with the -g option, which allows local users to gain privileges via a command line containing a "-u root" sequence.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/40508, http://secunia.com/advisories/41316, http://secunia.com/advisories/42787, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201009-03.xml, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:175, http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/runas_group.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-983-1, http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0001.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2312, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2318, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2320, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2358, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0025, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=628628, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-September/047516.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html, http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0075, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0675.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514489/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515545/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43019, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024392

    Affected packages

    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