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CVE-2017-1000368 (GCVE-0-2017-1000368)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-06-05 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 22:00
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
8.2 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1574 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=conten… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3968-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3968-2/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Date Public
2017-05-30 00:00
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