CVE-2017-1000368

Summary

CVECVE-2017-1000368
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-06-05 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-05-29 19:29:00 UTC
DescriptionTodd 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sudo Project Sudo 1.8.20 p1 All All
Application Sudo Project Sudo 1.8.20 p1 All All
Application Sudo Project Sudo All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
McAfee Corporate KB - McAfee Security Bulletin - Web Gateway update fixes vulnerabilities CVE-2012-6706, CVE-2017-1000364, CVE-2017-1000366, and CVE-2017-1000368 SB10205 CONFIRM kc.mcafee.com Third Party Advisory
Potential file overwrite or tty access on Linux CONFIRM www.sudo.ws Vendor Advisory
sudo: Privilege escalation (GLSA 201710-04) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
USN-3968-2: Sudo vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3968-1: Sudo vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Sudo CVE-2017-1000368 Incomplete Fix Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 378204 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for sudo (VZLSA-2017:1574)
  • 390227 Oracle Managed Virtualization (VM) Server for x86 Security Update for sudo (OVMSA-2021-0012)
  • 500674 Alpine Linux Security Update for sudo
  • 710325 Gentoo Linux sudo Privilege escalation Vulnerability (GLSA 201710-04)
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