DSA-4614-1 sudo -- sudoID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:604731 | Date: (C)2020-02-10 (M)2024-04-17 |
Class: PATCH | Family: unix |
Joe Vennix discovered a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in sudo, a program designed to provide limited super user privileges to specific users, triggerable when configured with the pwfeedback option enabled. An unprivileged user can take advantage of this flaw to obtain full root privileges. Details can be found in the upstream advisory at https://www.sudo.ws/alerts/pwfeedback.html .