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CentOS Update for sudo CESA-2010:0675 centos5 i386

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

CentOS Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

6.2

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

12 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update for the 'sudo' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.

Insight

Insight

The sudo (superuser do) utility allows system administrators to give certain users the ability to run commands as root. A flaw was found in the way sudo handled Runas specifications containing both a user and a group list. If a local user were authorized by the sudoers file to perform their sudo commands with the privileges of a specified user and group, they could use this flaw to run those commands with the privileges of either an arbitrary user or group on the system. (CVE-2010-2956) Red Hat would like to thank Markus Wuethrich of Swiss Post - PostFinance for reporting this issue. Users of sudo should upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue.

Affected Software

Affected Software

sudo on CentOS 5

Solution

Solution

Please install the updated packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)