vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2005-4890: shadow, sudo -- security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Nov 4, 2019 | Jul 30, 2024 | Aug 15, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Nov 4, 2019
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Aug 15, 2025
Description
There is a possible tty hijacking in shadow 4.x before 4.1.5 and sudo 1.x before 1.7.4 via "su - user -c program". The user session can be escaped to the parent session by using the TIOCSTI ioctl to push characters into the input buffer to be read by the next process.
Solutions
debian-upgrade-shadowdebian-upgrade-sudo
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