CVE-2008-3067

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    CVE-2008-3067

    Published: 7 Jul 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43618

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High