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GLSA-201504-02 : sudo: Information disclosure

low Nessus Plugin ID 82732

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201504-02 (sudo: Information disclosure)

 sudo does not handle the TZ environment variable properly.
 Impact :

 A local attacker may be able to read arbitrary files or information from device special files.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All sudo users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-admin/sudo-1.8.12'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-02

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 82732

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201504-02.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 4/13/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:sudo, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/11/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9680

BID: 72649

GLSA: 201504-02