CVE-2011-0008 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local users can gain root privileges due to a regression in sudo's group authorization logic on Fedora 14.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2011-0008?
CVE-2011-0008 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Jan 2011. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-0008?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Todd Miller Sudo.
How do I fix CVE-2011-0008?
No fix has been published for CVE-2011-0008 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2011-0008 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-0008 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p276-77q6-c7jq.