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.
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Remediation
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Tracking
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Advisories
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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. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T09:21:35.037Z
Reserved: 2008-07-07T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2008-3067
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Status : Modified
Published: 2008-07-07T23:41:00.000
Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467
Link: CVE-2008-3067
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD