CVE-2014-9680 (GCVE-0-2014-9680)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-04-24 06:12 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:55
VLAI
Summary
sudo before 1.8.12 does not ensure that the TZ environment variable is associated with a zoneinfo file, which allows local users to open arbitrary files for read access (but not view file contents) by running a program within an sudo session, as demonstrated by interfering with terminal output, discarding kernel-log messages, or repositioning tape drives.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-02 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033158 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/15/24 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.sudo.ws/alerts/tz.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1409.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Date Public
2014-10-16 00:00
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