UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8239

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8239

    Published: 10 Oct 2017Last Modified: 8 Sept 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-8239

    Summary:

    Details: The SHA-2 digest support in the sudoers plugin in sudo after 1.8.7 allows local users with write permissions to parts of the called command to replace them before it is executed.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8239, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/10/2, https://www.sudo.ws/stable.html#1.8.16, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8239

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: sudo

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm8?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    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
    1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.1
    1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.2
    1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.3
    1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.4
    1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.5+esm1
    1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.5+esm2
    1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.5+esm3
    1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.5+esm5
    1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.5+esm6
    1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.5+esm7
    1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.5+esm8

    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