CentOS 5 : sudo (CESA-2010:0361)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 46756

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated sudo package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

The sudo (superuser do) utility allows system administrators to give certain users the ability to run commands as root.

The RHBA-2010:0212 sudo update released as part of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 added the ability to change the value of the ignore_dot option in the '/etc/sudoers' configuration file. This ability introduced a regression in the upstream fix for CVE-2010-0426. In configurations where the ignore_dot option was set to off (the default is on for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 sudo package), a local user authorized to use the sudoedit pseudo-command could possibly run arbitrary commands with the privileges of the users sudoedit was authorized to run as. (CVE-2010-1163)

Red Hat would like to thank Todd C. Miller, the upstream sudo maintainer, for responsibly reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Valerio Costamagna as the original reporter.

Users of sudo should upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected sudo package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?5c91a210

http://www.nessus.org/u?b1410972

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 46756

File Name: centos_RHSA-2010-0361.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/1/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sudo, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/28/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/24/2010

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0426, CVE-2010-1163

BID: 39468

CWE: 264

RHSA: 2010:0361