vulnerability

Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2017-1000367: Security patch for sudo (ALAS-2019-1315)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 5, 2017
Added
Apr 27, 2020
Modified
Apr 25, 2025

Description

Todd Miller's sudo version 1.8.20 and earlier is vulnerable to an input validation (embedded spaces) in the get_process_ttyname() function resulting in information disclosure and command execution.

Solutions

amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-sudoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-sudo-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-sudo-devel
Title
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