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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200902-01.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200902-01.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..19c3d56f --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200902-01.xml @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200902-01"> + <title>sudo: Privilege escalation</title> + <synopsis> + A vulnerability in sudo may allow for privilege escalation. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">sudo</product> + <announced>February 06, 2009</announced> + <revised>February 06, 2009: 01</revised> + <bug>256633</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="app-admin/sudo" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.7.0</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.7.0</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + sudo allows a system administrator to give users the ability to run + commands as other users. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Harald Koenig discovered that sudo incorrectly handles group + specifications in Runas_Alias (and related) entries when a group is + specified in the list (using %group syntax, to allow a user to run + commands as any member of that group) and the user is already a member + of that group. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="high"> + <p> + A local attacker could possibly run commands as an arbitrary system + user (including root). + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All sudo users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/sudo-1.7.0"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0034">CVE-2009-0034</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:59:48 +0000"> + keytoaster + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:20:12 +0000"> + keytoaster + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:19:55 +0000"> + keytoaster + </metadata> +</glsa> |