UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9680

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9680

    Published: 31 Dec 2014Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-9680
    Aliases:
    USN-2533-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9680, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/15/24, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/09/12, http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/tz.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2533-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9680

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: sudo

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.1

    Affected versions

    1.8.6p3-0ubuntu3
    1.8.8-2ubuntu1
    1.8.8-2ubuntu2
    1.8.9p4-1ubuntu1
    1.8.9p4-1ubuntu2
    1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1

    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