Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision Affecting sudo package, versions <0:1.8.6p7-22.el7_3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.18% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-SUDO-2081348
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed30 May 2017

Introduced: 30 May 2017

CVE-2017-1000367  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-807  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 sudo to version 0:1.8.6p7-22.el7_3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream sudo package and not the sudo package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Todd Miller's sudo version 1.8.20 and earlier is vulnerable to an input validation (embedded spaces) in the get_process_ttyname() function resulting in information disclosure and command execution.