Description
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: 2011-01-18
Score: 4.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-0037 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1046-1 Sudo vulnerability
References
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http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=609641 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053263.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053341.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/11/3 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/12/1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/12/3 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/42886 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/42949 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/42968 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/43282 cve-icon cve-icon
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-06.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2011&m=slackware-security.593654 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:018 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.osvdb.org/70400 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0599.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45774 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/07d1b0ce530e cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/fe8a94f96542 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/runas_group_pw.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1046-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0089 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0182 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0195 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0199 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0362 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=668879 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64636 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0010 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-0010 cve-icon
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Redhat Enterprise Linux
Todd Miller Sudo
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:36:02.385Z

Reserved: 2010-12-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-0010

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-01-18T18:03:08.267

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-0010

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-0010 - Bugzilla

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