CVE-2001-0279

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

Buffer overflow in sudo earlier than 1.6.3p6 allows local users to gain root privileges.

Buffer overflow in sudo earlier than 1.6.3p6 allows local users to gain root privileges.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 23 years ago

2001-05-03 04:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-05 20:23:00

Affected Software

Debian Debian Linux 2.2

2.2

MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 7.1

7.1

MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 7.2

7.2

MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 1.0.1

1.0.1

References

20010222 Sudo version 1.6.3p6 now available (fwd)

Patch

20010226 Trustix Security Advisory - sudo

20010225 [slackware-security] buffer overflow in sudo fixed

CLA-2001:381

DSA-031

Patch, Vendor Advisory

MDKSA-2001:024

Patch, Vendor Advisory

RHSA-2001:018

RHSA-2001:019

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