CVE-2002-0184

Description

Sudo before 1.6.6 contains an off-by-one error that can result in a heap-based buffer overflow that may allow local users to gain root privileges via special characters in the -p (prompt) argument, which are not properly expanded.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2002-0181

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4593

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-072.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-071.html

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_014_sudo_txt.html

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-2040.html

http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-028.php3

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/820083

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8936.php

http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-128

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102010164413135&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101979472822196&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101975443619600&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101974610509912&w=2

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000475

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3

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