CVE-2017-1000368

high

Description

Todd 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.

References

https://www.sudo.ws/alerts/linux_tty.html

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3968-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3968-1/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-04

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10205

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1574

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98838

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-06-05

Updated: 2019-05-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H