CVE-2011-0008
6.9CVSSMEDIUM
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.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:LAccess VectorLocal
AC:MAccess ComplexityMedium
Au:NAuthenticationNone
Impact
C:CConfidentialityComplete
I:CIntegrityComplete
A:CAvailabilityComplete
Weaknesses
Affected Products
Exploitability
Official Patch Available
References
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053263.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053341.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/42968
secunia.com
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Timeline
Published
Jan 20, 2011
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2026
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