Description
sudo in SUSE openSUSE 10.3 does not clear the stdin buffer when password entry times out, which might allow local users to obtain a password by reading stdin from the parent process after a sudo child process exits.
Published: 2008-07-07
Score: 2.1 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-3057 sudo in SUSE openSUSE 10.3 does not clear the stdin buffer when password entry times out, which might allow local users to obtain a password by reading stdin from the parent process after a sudo child process exits.
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T09:21:35.037Z

Reserved: 2008-07-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-3067

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-07-07T23:41:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-3067

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2008-07-04T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-3067 - Bugzilla

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