CVE-2005-1831

NameCVE-2005-1831
DescriptionSudo 1.6.8p7 on SuSE Linux 9.3, and possibly other Linux distributions, allows local users to gain privileges by using sudo to call su, then entering a blank password and hitting CTRL-C. NOTE: SuSE and multiple third-party researchers have not been able to replicate this issue, stating "Sudo catches SIGINT and returns an empty string for the password so I don't see how this could happen unless the user's actual password was empty.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
sudo (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1.8.10p3-1+deb8u9fixed
stretch (security)1.8.19p1-2.1+deb9u3fixed
stretch (lts), stretch1.8.19p1-2.1+deb9u6fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)1.8.27-1+deb10u6fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye1.9.5p2-3+deb11u1fixed
bookworm1.9.13p3-1+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie1.9.16p1-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
sudosource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- sudo <not-affected> (Unreproducable, seems like a broken PAM setup on the submitter's side)

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