Improper Input Validation Affecting sudo package, versions <1.8.19p1-2.1
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Exploit maturity not defined.
Not Defined
EPSS
0.06% (31st percentile)
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- published5 Jun 2017
- disclosed5 Jun 2017
Introduced: 5 Jun 2017
CVE-2017-1000368 (opens in a new tab)Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) are common identifiers for publicly known security vulnerabilities
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How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10 sudo to version 1.8.19p1-2.1 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 Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.
Todd Miller's sudo version 1.8.20p1 and earlier is vulnerable to an input validation (embedded newlines) in the get_process_ttyname() function resulting in information disclosure and command execution.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-1000368
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10205
- https://www.sudo.ws/alerts/linux_tty.html
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-1000368
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-04
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1574
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98838
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-1000368
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3968-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3968-2/