sudo before 1.8.12 does not ensure that the TZ environment variable is associated with a zoneinfo file, which allows local users to open arbitrary files for read access (but not view file contents) by running a program within an sudo session, as demonstrated by interfering with terminal output, discarding kernel-log messages, or repositioning tape drives.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2017-04-24T06:12:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T13:55:04.547Z
Reserved: 2015-02-12T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2014-9680
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2017-04-24T06:59:00.353
Modified: 2018-01-05T02:29:57.617
Link: CVE-2014-9680
Redhat