parse.c in sudo 1.6.9p17 through 1.6.9p19 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.
References
Link Resource
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000060.html Broken Link
http://osvdb.org/51736 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/33753 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/33840 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/33885 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/35766 Not Applicable
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0021 Broken Link
http://www.gratisoft.us/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=327 Product Release Notes
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:033 Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0267.html Not Applicable
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500546/100/0/threaded Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504849/100/0/threaded Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33517 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021688 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.sudo.ws/cgi-bin/cvsweb/sudo/parse.c.diff?r1=1.160.2.21&r2=1.160.2.22&f=h Broken Link
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0009.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1865 Permissions Required
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468923 Issue Tracking Permissions Required
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2954 Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10856 Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6462 Broken Link
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2009-01-30T19:00:00

Updated: 2018-10-11T19:57:01

Reserved: 2008-12-15T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2009-0034

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2009-01-30T19:30:00.280

Modified: 2024-01-12T20:40:21.400


Link: CVE-2009-0034

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cve-icon Redhat Information

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CWE