CVE-2002-0184 Information

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in sudo before 1.6.6 may allow local users to gain root privileges via special characters in the -p (prompt) argument which are not properly expanded.

Reference

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000475 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101974610509912&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101975443619600&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101979472822196&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102010164413135&w=2 http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-128 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8936.php http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/820083 http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-028.php3 http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-2040.html http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_014_sudo_txt.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-071.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-072.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4593