Pardus alert 2011-31 (sudo)

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[Pardus-security]  [PLSA 2011-31] Sudo: Escalated Escalation 
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Sat, 12 Feb 2011 00:55:50 +0200
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Pardus Linux Security Advisory 2011-31            security@pardus.org.tr
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      Date: 2011-02-12
  Severity: 3
      Type: Local
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Summary
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A vulnerability was found in sudo, which can be exploited by malicious, 
local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges. 


Description
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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. 


Affected packages:

  Pardus 2009:
    sudo, all before 1.7.4_p6-29-10


Resolution
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There are update(s) for sudo. You can update them via Package Manager or
with a single command from console: 

    pisi up sudo

References
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  * http://bugs.pardus.org.tr/show_bug.cgi?id=16188
  * http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-...

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