Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
A vulnerability has been found and corrected in sudo:
Sudo 1.7.0 through 1.7.4p3, when a Runas group is configured, does not properly handle use of the -u option in conjunction with the -g option, which allows local users to gain privileges via a command line containing a -u root sequence (CVE-2010-2956).
The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
Affected
sudo on Mandriva Linux 2009.1,
Mandriva Linux 2009.1/X86_64,
Mandriva Linux 2010.0,
Mandriva Linux 2010.0/X86_64
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2010-2956 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.2
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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