USN-4263-2

Joe Vennix discovered that Sudo incorrectly handled memory operations when the pwfeedback option is enabled. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain unintended access to the administrator account.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / sudo

Package

Name: sudo
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/sudo@1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.5+esm3?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.5+esm3

Affected versions

1.*

1.8.6p3-0ubuntu3

1.8.8-2ubuntu1

1.8.8-2ubuntu2

1.8.9p4-1ubuntu1

1.8.9p4-1ubuntu2

1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1

1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.1

1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.2

1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.3

1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.4

1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.5+esm1

1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.5+esm2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.5+esm3",
            "binary_name": "sudo"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.5+esm3",
            "binary_name": "sudo-ldap"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

{
    "cves_map": {
        "cves": [
            {
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "type": "CVSS_V3",
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                    },
                    {
                        "type": "Ubuntu",
                        "score": "low"
                    }
                ],
                "id": "CVE-2019-18634"
            }
        ],
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS"
    }
}