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HIGH

sudo: Privilege escalation in via improper get_process_ttyname() parsing

Published Jun 5, 2017

Description

Todd Miller's sudo version 1.8.20 and earlier is vulnerable to an input validation (embedded spaces) in the get_process_ttyname() function resulting in information disclosure and command execution.

Affected products

Remediation

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jun 5, 2017
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Jun 5, 2017
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Important
Public date May 30, 2017