CVE-2008-3067 Information disclosure in n/a

Low 2.1 Published 7 Jul 2008 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local attackers can read sudo passwords from stdin after a timeout, potentially leading to credential theft.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2008-3067?

CVE-2008-3067 is a low-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Jul 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-255

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3067?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Suse Opensuse.

How do I fix CVE-2008-3067?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2008-3067 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3067 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3067, GHSA-cwp2-23c5-767r.