CVE-2009-0034
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 34.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-01-30 19:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 04:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-12-15
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-863Incorrect AuthorizationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a136af434c28f816f7b796cf846e53447a7075f13b0e2865bce895067619102f
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com33885http://secunia.com/advisories/33885
- osvdb.org51736http://osvdb.org/51736
- www.sudo.wshttp://www.sudo.ws/cgi-bin/cvsweb/sudo/parse.c.diff?r1=1.160.2.21&r2=1.160.2.22&f=h
- secunia.com35766http://secunia.com/advisories/35766
- www.securitytracker.com1021688http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021688
- www.securityfocus.com33517http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33517
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2954
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2009:033http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:033
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-1865http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1865
- secunia.com33753http://secunia.com/advisories/33753
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:0267http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0267.html
- lists.vmware.com[Security-announce] 20090710 VMSA-2009-0009 ESX Service Console updates for udev, sudo, and curlhttp://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000060.html
- www.securityfocus.com20090129 rPSA-2009-0021-1 sudohttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500546/100/0/threaded
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:6462https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6462
- secunia.com33840http://secunia.com/advisories/33840
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0021
- www.securityfocus.com20090711 VMSA-2009-0009 ESX Service Console updates for udev, sudo, and curlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504849/100/0/threaded
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10856https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10856
- www.gratisoft.ushttp://www.gratisoft.us/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=327
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0009.html
- bugzilla.novell.comhttps://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468923
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- sudo Fixed in 1.6.9p17-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- sudo Fixed in 1.6.9p17-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- sudo Fixed in 1.6.9p17-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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