Out-of-bounds Read Affecting sudo package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-SUDO-3098283
- published 3 Nov 2022
- disclosed 2 Nov 2022
Introduced: 2 Nov 2022
CVE-2022-43995 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Debian:11
sudo
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream sudo
package and not the sudo
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:11
relevant fixed versions and status.
Sudo 1.8.0 through 1.9.12, with the crypt() password backend, contains a plugins/sudoers/auth/passwd.c array-out-of-bounds error that can result in a heap-based buffer over-read. This can be triggered by arbitrary local users with access to Sudo by entering a password of seven characters or fewer. The impact could vary depending on the system libraries, compiler, and processor architecture.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-43995
- https://github.com/sudo-project/sudo/commit/bd209b9f16fcd1270c13db27ae3329c677d48050
- https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33465707
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2139911
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-08