CVE-2002-0184

Public Date:
2002-04-25
Bugzilla:
1616757: CVE-2002-0184 security flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Heap-based buffer overflow in sudo before 1.6.6 may allow local users to gain root privileges via special characters in the -p (prompt) argument, which are not properly expanded.

Find out more about CVE-2002-0184 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Linux 7.1 RHSA-2002:071 2002-04-25
Red Hat Linux 7.0 RHSA-2002:071 2002-04-25
Red Hat Linux 7.2 RHSA-2002:071 2002-04-25
Red Hat Powertools 6.2 RHSA-2002:072 2002-04-25

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