RHSA-2010:0122High

Red Hat Security Advisory: sudo security update

Published
February 26, 2010
Last Modified
June 25, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2010-0426 →CVE-2010-0427 →

📋 Description

CVE-2010-0426 — sudo: sudoedit option can possibly allow for arbitrary code execution CVE-2010-0427 — sudo: Fails to reset group permissions if runas_default set

🎯 Affected products18

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • sudo-0:1.6.9p17-6.el5_4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • sudo-0:1.6.9p17-6.el5_4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • sudo-0:1.6.9p17-6.el5_4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • sudo-0:1.6.9p17-6.el5_4.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • sudo-0:1.6.9p17-6.el5_4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • sudo-0:1.6.9p17-6.el5_4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • sudo-0:1.6.9p17-6.el5_4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • sudo-0:1.6.9p17-6.el5_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • sudo-0:1.6.9p17-6.el5_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • sudo-debuginfo-0:1.6.9p17-6.el5_4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • sudo-debuginfo-0:1.6.9p17-6.el5_4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • sudo-debuginfo-0:1.6.9p17-6.el5_4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • sudo-debuginfo-0:1.6.9p17-6.el5_4.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • sudo-debuginfo-0:1.6.9p17-6.el5_4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • sudo-debuginfo-0:1.6.9p17-6.el5_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • sudo-debuginfo-0:1.6.9p17-6.el5_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

🔗 References (5)