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Ubuntu: USN-2533-1 (CVE-2014-9680): Sudo vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-2533-1 (CVE-2014-9680): Sudo vulnerability

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
04/24/2017
Created
11/09/2024
Added
11/08/2024
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-sudo
  • ubuntu-upgrade-sudo-ldap

References

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