Re: CVE request: sudo does not ask for password on GID changes

[Josh Bressers <bressers () redhat com>]

Please use CVE-2011-0010

Thanks.

-- 
    JB


----- Original Message -----
> A Debian bug report noted that sudo does not access for a password on
> GID changes, like it does for UID changes. This could allow a user to
> execute commands using '-g [group]' without being prompted for their
> password.
>
> It uses a (newer?) syntax; on 1.6.7p5 at least the '(ALL:ALL)'
> specification gives a syntax error; I'm not sure when this behaviour
> was
> introduced.
>
> References:
>
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=609641
> http://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/fe8a94f96542
> http://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/07d1b0ce530e
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=668879
>
> Could a CVE name be assigned to this please?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Vincent Danen / Red Hat Security Response Team