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CVE-2022-43995

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.

Published

2022-11-02T14:15:16.187

Last Modified

2025-05-05T14:15:27.907

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.1 (HIGH)

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-125
Type: Secondary
CWE-125

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	sudo_project	sudo	< 1.9.12	Yes
Application	sudo_project	sudo	1.9.12	Yes

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2139911 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/sudo-project/sudo/commit/bd209b9f16fcd1270c13db27ae3329c677d48050 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33465707 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-08 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/ Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2139911 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/sudo-project/sudo/commit/bd209b9f16fcd1270c13db27ae3329c677d48050 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33465707 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-08 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/ Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)