CVE - CVE-2014-9680

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-9680	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
sudo before 1.8.12 does not ensure that the TZ environment variable is associated with a zoneinfo file, which allows local users to open arbitrary files for read access (but not view file contents) by running a program within an sudo session, as demonstrated by interfering with terminal output, discarding kernel-log messages, or repositioning tape drives.
References
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CONFIRM:http://www.sudo.ws/alerts/tz.html GENTOO:GLSA-201504-02 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-02 MLIST:[oss-security] 20141016 Abusing TZ for fun (and little profit) URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/15/24 REDHAT:RHSA-2015:1409 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1409.html SECTRACK:1033158 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033158
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20150212	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20150212)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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