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CVE-2011-0010 json

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 g…

published 2011-01-18 15 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-0037

cvss
4.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 42%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • sudo Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.7.4p4-6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2011-0010

  • sudo RHEL 5 1.7.2p1-13.el5
  • sudo RHEL 6 1.7.4p5-5.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2012:0309RHSA-2011:0599

  • sudo openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.8.18p1-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10551-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-0010 updated cvss 1.2

sudo: does not ask for password on GID changes

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) sudo 1.7.2p1-13.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) sudo 1.7.2p1-13.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:0309
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) sudo 1.7.4p5-5.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) sudo 1.7.4p5-5.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) sudo 1.7.4p5-5.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) sudo 1.7.4p5-5.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:0599
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 sudo
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.4 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.