USN-2533-1

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    USN-2533-1

    Published: 16 Mar 2015Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: sudo vulnerability

    Details: Jakub Wilk and Stephane Chazelas discovered that Sudo incorrectly handled the TZ environment variable. An attacker with Sudo access could possibly use this issue to open arbitrary files, bypassing intended permissions.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2533-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/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