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CVE-2011-0010 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
todd miller sudo	1.7.0 1.7.1 1.7.2 1.7.2p1 1.7.2p2
CPE cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.2p1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.2p2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.2p3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.2p4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.2p5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.2p6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.2p7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.3b1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.4p1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.4p2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.4p3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.4p4:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

todd miller sudo

1.7.0

1.7.1

1.7.2

1.7.2p1

1.7.2p2

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.2p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.2p2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.2p3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.2p4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.2p5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.2p6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.2p7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.3b1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.4p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.4p2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.4p3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.4p4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 5, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 17, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 19, 2011	Initial Analysis	[email protected]