Sudo before 1.6.6 contains an off-by-one error that can result in a heap-based buffer overflow that may allow local users to gain root privileges via special characters in the -p (prompt) argument, which are not properly expanded.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-04-02T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:42:28.916Z

Reserved: 2002-04-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2002-0184

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2002-05-16T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2024-02-02T03:05:54.737

Link: CVE-2002-0184

cve-icon Redhat

Severity :

Publid Date: 2002-04-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2002-0184 - Bugzilla