CVE-2011-0010

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-01-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

check.c in sudo 1.7.x before 1.7.4p5, when a Runas group is configured, does not require a password for command execution that involves a gid change but no uid change, which allows local users to bypass an intended authentication requirement via the -g option to a sudo command.

Affected products

Todd Miller Sudo: 1.7.0, 1.7.1, 1.7.2, 1.7.2p1, 1.7.2p2, 1.7.2p3 (+10)

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=609641
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053263.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053341.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/11/3
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/12/1
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/12/3
http://secunia.com/advisories/42886
http://secunia.com/advisories/42949
http://secunia.com/advisories/42968
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
http://secunia.com/advisories/43282

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