Arbitrary Command Injection Affecting sudo package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-SUDO-406977
  • published29 May 2018
  • disclosed29 May 2018

Introduced: 29 May 2018

CVE-2016-7076  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-77  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-184  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:8 sudo.

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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

sudo before version 1.8.18p1 is vulnerable to a bypass in the sudo noexec restriction if application run via sudo executed wordexp() C library function with a user supplied argument. A local user permitted to run such application via sudo with noexec restriction could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges.