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[linux-security] Re: security hole in sudo allows users full access
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Wade Maxfield)
Sat Nov 13 03:08:50 1999
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 11:17:49 -0600 (CST)
From: Wade Maxfield <maxfield@ctelcom.net>
To: "R. DuFresne" <dufresne@sysinfo.com>
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It appears to be the sudo package itself.
sudoers had the full path to treport in it and allowed the local treport
program to be executed.
wade
On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, R. DuFresne wrote:
>
> How redhat specific is this exploit? We run slackware out here, and the
> slackware security list is far less open as the debian and redhat lists,
> and spews out far less information then the others.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ron DuFresne
>
> On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, Wade Maxfield wrote:
>
> >
> > While sudo is used to give fairly trusted users the ability to run
> > programs with root privs, there exists a hole in the one in the RedHat
> > contrib directory (sudo 1.5.9.p4) which allows a minimally trusted user to
> > obtain full root access and privilege.
> >
> > If a user is given the opportunity to run any program, that user can
> > fool sudo and obtain any level of privilege for any executable.
> >
> > Assume the user can run "/bin/treport" as listed in the sudoers file.
> > (The actual program name does not matter.)
> >
> > the user copies /bin/vi to ./treport (assuming the user is in a
> > directory in which he has write and execute priv.) the user then executes
> > the following line:
> >
> > sudo ./treport /etc/shadow
> >
> > vi is executed with root privilege and shadow is opened. The full path
> > of treport is not required. The correct path of treport is not required.
> >
> > This program should be restricted only to _very_ trusted users in the
> > meantime.
> >
> >
> > wade
> >
> > [mod: Note that many operations that normally require "root" will
> > "give away" root when allowed under "sudo" with a little puzzeling.
> > This, however, is unforgivable..... -- REW]
> >
> >
>
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