In Sudo before 1.8.26, if pwfeedback is enabled in /etc/sudoers, users can trigger a stack-based buffer overflow in the privileged sudo process. (pwfeedback is a default setting in Linux Mint and elementary OS; however, it is NOT the default for upstream and many other packages, and would exist only if enabled by an administrator.) The attacker needs to deliver a long string to the stdin of getln() in tgetpass.c.

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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2094-1 sudo security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4614-1 sudo security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4263-1 Sudo vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4263-2 Sudo vulnerability
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References
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00029.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156174/Slackware-Security-Advisory-sudo-Updates.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156189/Sudo-1.8.25p-Buffer-Overflow.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jan/40 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/30/6 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/31/1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/05/2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/05/5 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0487 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0509 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0540 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0726 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00002.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I6TKF36KOQUVJNBHSVJFA7BU3CCEYD2F/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IY6DZ7WMDKU4ZDML6MJLDAPG42B5WVUC/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18634 cve-icon
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/2 cve-icon cve-icon
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/3 cve-icon cve-icon
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/44 cve-icon cve-icon
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-12 cve-icon cve-icon
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200210-0001/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210919 cve-icon cve-icon
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4263-1/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4263-2/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-18634 cve-icon
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4614 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.sudo.ws/alerts/pwfeedback.html cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.sudo.ws/security.html cve-icon cve-icon
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T01:54:14.581Z

Reserved: 2019-10-30T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2019-18634

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-01-29T18:15:12.247

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:33:25.447

Link: CVE-2019-18634

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2020-01-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-18634 - Bugzilla

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