CVE-2014-9680

Upstream information

CVE-2014-9680 at MITRE

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.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having low severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database	SUSE
Base Score	2.1	6.2
Vector	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N	AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:P
Access Vector	Local	Local
Access Complexity	Low	Medium
Authentication	None	Single
Confidentiality Impact	Partial	Complete
Integrity Impact	None	Complete
Availability Impact	None	Partial

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 917806 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 919737 [RESOLVED / INVALID], 921999 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 953359 [RESOLVED / WONTFIX]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• SUSE-SU-2015:0985-1, published Tue Jun 2 04:04:53 MDT 2015
• SUSE-SU-2016:2904-1, published Thu Nov 24 10:14:26 MST 2016
• openSUSE-SU-2015:1849-1, published Fri, 30 Oct 2015 14:11:34 +0100 (CET)
• openSUSE-SU-2015:1913-1, published Wed, 4 Nov 2015 17:18:03 +0100 (CET)
• openSUSE-SU-2016:2983-1, published Fri, 2 Dec 2016 18:12:43 +0100 (CET)
• openSUSE-SU-2016:3004-1, published Mon, 5 Dec 2016 13:09:17 +0100 (CET)

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3	sudo >= 1.7.6p2-0.23.1	Patchnames: sledsp3-sudo
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1	sudo >= 1.8.10p3-2.6.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-1692
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2	sudo >= 1.8.10p3-6.16
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3	sudo >= 1.8.20p2-1.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4	sudo >= 1.8.20p2-3.7.10
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5	sudo >= 1.8.27-2.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1	sudo >= 1.8.22-4.3.3 sudo-devel >= 1.8.22-4.3.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2	sudo >= 1.8.22-4.9.1 sudo-devel >= 1.8.22-4.9.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15	sudo >= 1.8.22-2.11 sudo-devel >= 1.8.22-2.11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMWare 11 SP3	sudo >= 1.7.6p2-0.23.1	Patchnames: slessp3-sudo
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4	sudo >= 1.7.6p2-0.23.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1	sudo >= 1.8.10p3-2.6.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-1692
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1	sudo-devel >= 1.8.10p3-2.6.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-1692
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2	sudo-devel >= 1.8.10p3-6.16
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3	sudo-devel >= 1.8.20p2-1.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4	sudo-devel >= 1.8.20p2-3.7.10
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5	sudo-devel >= 1.8.27-2.2
openSUSE Leap 15.0	sudo >= 1.8.22-lp150.2.6	Patchnames: openSUSE Leap 15.0 GA sudo

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First public cloud image revisions this CVE is fixed in:

• alibaba/sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20210729
• amazon/suse-sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20210729-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• google/sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20210729
• microsoft/suse-sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20210729

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification.

Product(s)	Source package	State
HPE Helion OpenStack 8	sudo	Already fixed
SLES for SAP Applications	sudo	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1	sudo	In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2	sudo	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3	sudo	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4	sudo	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12	sudo	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1	sudo	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS	sudo	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2	sudo	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS	sudo	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware	sudo	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3	sudo	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS	sudo	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware	sudo	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4	sudo	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS	sudo	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12	sudo	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1	sudo	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 BCL	sudo	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 LTSS ERICSSON	sudo	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 LTSS SAP	sudo	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 BCL	sudo	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 ESPOS	sudo	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 LTSS	sudo	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 ESPOS	sudo	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 LTSS	sudo	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3	sudo	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4	sudo	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12	sudo	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1	sudo	Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8	sudo	Already fixed
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9	sudo	Already fixed
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8	sudo	Already fixed
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9	sudo	Already fixed