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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2008-3067

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.

LOW 2.1EPSS 0.30%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.30%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 2.0
2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS
0.30% probability · 23th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-255
Affected
suse/opensuse
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.