CVE-2014-9680 Information

Description

sudo before 1.8.12 does not ensure that the TZ environment variable is associated with a zoneinfo file which allows local users to open arbitrary files for read access (but not view file contents) by running a program within an sudo session as demonstrated by interfering with terminal output discarding kernel-log messages or repositioning tape drives.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Reference

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/15/24 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1409.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033158 http://www.sudo.ws/alerts/tz.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-02

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

3.3