CVE-2005-1831 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local users may gain privileges by exploiting a potential race condition or signal handling flaw in sudo when calling su, though replication is disputed.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2005-1831?
CVE-2005-1831 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Jun 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Sudo 1.6.8p7 on SuSE Linux 9.3, and possibly other Linux distributions, allows local users to gain privileges by using sudo to call su, then entering a blank password and hitting CTRL-C. NOTE: SuSE and multiple third-party researchers have not been able to replicate this issue, stating "Sudo catches SIGINT and returns an empty string for the password so I don't see how this could happen unless the user's actual password was empty.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1831?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Todd Miller Sudo.
How do I fix CVE-2005-1831?
No fix has been published for CVE-2005-1831 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2005-1831 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1831 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jf55-3j9h-grf2.