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Re: [XNUXER-SECURITY] Root Privilige Escalation in Sudo version
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ow Mun Heng)
Tue May 31 16:26:03 2005
From: Ow Mun Heng <Ow.Mun.Heng@wdc.com>
To: Xnuxer Security <xnusec@gmail.com>
Cc: made@nakula.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de, security@suse.de,
bugtraq@securityfocus.com
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Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:35:12 +0800
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On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 13:02 +0700, Xnuxer Security wrote:
> Today, 31 May 2005, I found error with root privilige escalation in
> Sudo version 1.6.8p7 that package installed with SuSE 9.3. Testing in
> my machine, sudo appear not check is true when I press CTRL + C with
> blank password and giving status SID as root privilige to SID user. I
> got successful as root without need a password but only use blank
> password and press CTRL + C. Please check my testing below in my SuSE
> 9.3 box:
> Other sudo version is not check yet, about affect in other distro of
> linux not check too but possible vulnerable, please check it. SuSE
> Security still contacted by me.
Gentoo. version of sudo is 1.6.7p5.
Not affected
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Ow Mun Heng
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