CVE-2019-18634
In Sudo before 1.8.26, if pwfeedback is enabled in /etc/sudoers, users can trigger a stack-based buffer overflow in the privileged sudo process.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 19.4%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
In Sudo before 1.8.26, if pwfeedback is enabled in /etc/sudoers, users can trigger a stack-based buffer overflow in the privileged sudo process. (pwfeedback is a default setting in Linux Mint and elementary OS; however, it is NOT the default for upstream and many other packages, and would exist only if enabled by an administrator.) The attacker needs to deliver a long string to the stdin of getln() in tgetpass.c.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 19.43% probability · 97th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- sudo project/sudo · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00029.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156174/Slackware-Security-Advisory-sudo-Updates.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156189/Sudo-1.8.25p-Buffer-Overflow.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jan/40Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/30/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/31/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/05/2Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/05/5Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0487
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0509
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0540
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0726
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I6TKF36KOQUVJNBHSVJFA7BU3CCEYD2F/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IY6DZ7WMDKU4ZDML6MJLDAPG42B5WVUC/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/44Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-12
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200210-0001/
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210919Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4263-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4263-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4614Third Party Advisory
- https://www.sudo.ws/alerts/pwfeedback.htmlExploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.sudo.ws/security.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00029.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156174/Slackware-Security-Advisory-sudo-Updates.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156189/Sudo-1.8.25p-Buffer-Overflow.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jan/40Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.