CVE-2008-3067

high

Description

sudo in SUSE openSUSE 10.3 does not clear the stdin buffer when password entry times out, which might allow local users to obtain a password by reading stdin from the parent process after a sudo child process exits.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43618

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-07-07

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

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

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00057