- Vulnerability/
- USN-4263-1
3/2/2020
USN-4263-1: Sudo vulnerability
First published: Mon Feb 03 2020(Updated: )
Joe Vennix discovered that Sudo incorrectly handled memory operations when the pwfeedback option is enabled. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain unintended access to the administrator account.
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/sudo | <1.8.27-1ubuntu4.1 | 1.8.27-1ubuntu4.1 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =19.10 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/sudo-ldap | <1.8.27-1ubuntu4.1 | 1.8.27-1ubuntu4.1 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =19.10 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/sudo | <1.8.21p2-3ubuntu1.2 | 1.8.21p2-3ubuntu1.2 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =18.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/sudo-ldap | <1.8.21p2-3ubuntu1.2 | 1.8.21p2-3ubuntu1.2 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =18.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/sudo | <1.8.16-0ubuntu1.9 | 1.8.16-0ubuntu1.9 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =16.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/sudo-ldap | <1.8.16-0ubuntu1.9 | 1.8.16-0ubuntu1.9 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =16.04 |
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Reference Links
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-18634
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4263-2
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sudo/1.8.27-1ubuntu4.1
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sudo/1.8.21p2-3ubuntu1.2
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sudo/1.8.16-0ubuntu1.9
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4263-1 (Advisory)
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