Information Exposure Affecting sudo package, versions <1.8.3p1-1ubuntu3.7
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1204-SUDO-407081
- published 24 Apr 2017
- disclosed 24 Apr 2017
Introduced: 24 Apr 2017
CVE-2014-9680 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:12.04 sudo to version 1.8.3p1-1ubuntu3.7 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 Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:12.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
sudo before 1.8.12 does not ensure that the TZ environment variable is associated with a zoneinfo file, which allows local users to open arbitrary files for read access (but not view file contents) by running a program within an sudo session, as demonstrated by interfering with terminal output, discarding kernel-log messages, or repositioning tape drives.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-9680
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9680
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-02
- http://www.sudo.ws/alerts/tz.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/15/24
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1409.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033158