CVE-2002-0184 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2002-0184?

CVE-2002-0184 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 2 Apr 2003. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-131

Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0184?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Sudo Project Sudo.

How do I fix CVE-2002-0184?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-0184 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2002-0184 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2002-0184 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
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• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-vv6h-2fw3-xm26.