Sudo 1.6.8p7 on SuSE Linux 9.3, and possibly other Linux distributions, allows local users to gain privileges by using sudo to call su, then entering a blank password and hitting CTRL-C. NOTE: SuSE and multiple third-party researchers have not been able to replicate this issue, stating "Sudo catches SIGINT and returns an empty string for the password so I don't see how this could happen unless the user's actual password was empty.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-06-02T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:06:57.739Z

Reserved: 2005-06-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-1831

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-05-31T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2024-08-07T22:15:32.700

Link: CVE-2005-1831

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