Information Exposure Affecting sudo package, versions <1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-SUDO-407082
  • published24 Apr 2017
  • disclosed24 Apr 2017

Introduced: 24 Apr 2017

CVE-2014-9680  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 sudo to version 1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.1 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 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.

CVSS Scores

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