VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2001-0279
Buffer overflow in sudo earlier than 1.6.3p6 allows local users to gain root privileges.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.86%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.86%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in sudo earlier than 1.6.3p6 allows local users to gain root privileges.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.86% probability · 57th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- debian/debian linux · mandrakesoft/mandrake linux · mandrakesoft/mandrake linux corporate server
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0414.htmlPatch
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0427.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0437.html
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000381
- http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-031Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-024.php3Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-018.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-019.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0414.htmlPatch
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0427.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0437.html
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000381
- http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-031Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-024.php3Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-018.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-019.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.