Race Condition Affecting sudo package, versions <1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.4


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.21% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-SUDO-406957
  • published5 Jun 2017
  • disclosed5 Jun 2017

Introduced: 5 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-1000367  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 sudo to version 1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.4 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:14.04 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.