FKIE_CVE-2002-0184
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2002-05-16 04:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 21:56
Severity
Summary
Sudo before 1.6.6 contains an off-by-one error that can result in a heap-based buffer overflow that may allow local users to gain root privileges via special characters in the -p (prompt) argument, which are not properly expanded.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| sudo_project | sudo | * | |
| debian | debian_linux | 2.2 |
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