CVE-2011-0008

Description

A certain Fedora patch for parse.c in sudo before 1.7.4p5-1.fc14 on Fedora 14 does not properly interpret a system group (aka %group) in the sudoers file during authorization decisions for a user who belongs to that group, which allows local users to leverage an applicable sudoers file and gain root privileges via a sudo command. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2009-0034 regression.

6.9

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.05%

Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:018	vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053263.html	vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0199	vdb entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=668843	patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64965	vdb entry
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053341.html	vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0195	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/42968	third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-0008?: CVE-2011-0008 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-0008?: To fix CVE-2011-0008, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2011-0008 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2011-0008 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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