Description
Sudo before 1.6.6 contains an off-by-one error that can result in a heap-based buffer overflow that may allow local users to gain root privileges via special characters in the -p (prompt) argument, which are not properly expanded.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-08T02:42:28.916Z
Reserved: 2002-04-19T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2002-0184
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Status : Modified
Published: 2002-05-16T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627
Link: CVE-2002-0184
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