CVE-2013-2777
sudo before 1.7.10p5 and 1.8.x before 1.8.6p6, when the tty_tickets option is enabled, does not properly validate the controlling terminal device, which allows local users with sudo permissions to
02 Description
sudo before 1.7.10p5 and 1.8.x before 1.8.6p6, when the tty_tickets option is enabled, does not properly validate the controlling terminal device, which allows local users with sudo permissions to
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 29.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2013-04-08 17:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 15:44Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-04-08
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5f0912c31319cccee727e9cb33ff8bc94662b12acb1ebe5be8a1566e4f04ca4a
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.sudo.wshttp://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/bfa23f089bba
- www.securityfocus.com58207http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58207
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=701839
- www.sudo.wshttp://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/2f3225a2a4a4
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:1701http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1701.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-2642http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2642
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20130227 Re: CVE request: potential bypass of sudo tty_tickets constraintshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/27/31
- www.sudo.wshttp://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/tty_tickets.html
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2015-08-13-2http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
- www.slackware.comSSA:2013-065-01http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2013&m=slackware-security.517440
- bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sudo/+bug/87023
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=916365
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comsudo-ttytickets-sec-bypass(82453)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82453
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- sudo Fixed in 1.8.5p2-1+nmu1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- sudo Fixed in 1.8.5p2-1+nmu1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- sudo Fixed in 1.8.5p2-1+nmu1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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