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Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions Affecting sudo package, versions <1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.5+esm2

medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity Mature
    EPSS 30.81% (97th percentile)
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NVD
8.8 high
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SUSE
7 high
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Red Hat
7 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1404-SUDO-473059
  • published 14 Oct 2019
  • disclosed 17 Oct 2019
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Introduced: 14 Oct 2019

CVE-2019-14287 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-755 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 sudo to version 1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.5+esm2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream sudo package and not the sudo package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Sudo before 1.8.28, an attacker with access to a Runas ALL sudoer account can bypass certain policy blacklists and session PAM modules, and can cause incorrect logging, by invoking sudo with a crafted user ID. For example, this allows bypass of !root configuration, and USER= logging, for a "sudo -u #$((0xffffffff))" command.

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