Access Restriction Bypass Affecting sudo package, versions <1.6.9p17-2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.42% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-SUDO-407037
  • published30 Jan 2009
  • disclosed30 Jan 2009

Introduced: 30 Jan 2009

CVE-2009-0034  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 sudo to version 1.6.9p17-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream sudo package and not the sudo package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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