Affects:
- Sudo 1.6.9_p19 and prior [Medium]
Description
parse.c in sudo 1.6.9p17 through 1.6.9p19 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.
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CVE Identifier: CVE-2009-0034
Severity: Medium
NIST National Vulnerabilities Database
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