DEBIAN-CVE-2022-43995

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-43995
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-43995.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-43995
Upstream
Published
2022-11-02T14:15:16.187Z
Modified
2025-11-14T04:05:25.426843Z
Severity
  • 7.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Sudo 1.8.0 through 1.9.12, with the crypt() password backend, contains a plugins/sudoers/auth/passwd.c array-out-of-bounds error that can result in a heap-based buffer over-read. This can be triggered by arbitrary local users with access to Sudo by entering a password of seven characters or fewer. The impact could vary depending on the system libraries, compiler, and processor architecture.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / sudo

Package

Name
sudo
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/sudo?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.9.5p2-3
1.9.5p2-3+deb11u1
1.9.5p2-3+deb11u2
1.9.5p2-3+exp1
1.9.6-1~exp1
1.9.6-1~exp2
1.9.8p2-1~exp1
1.9.8p2-1
1.9.9-1
1.9.10-1
1.9.10-2
1.9.10-3
1.9.11p3-1
1.9.11p3-2
1.9.12p1-1
1.9.12p2-1
1.9.13p1-1
1.9.13p3-1
1.9.13p3-2
1.9.13p3-3
1.9.14p2-1
1.9.15p2-1
1.9.15p2-2
1.9.15p3-1
1.9.15p4-1
1.9.15p4-2
1.9.15p5-1
1.9.15p5-2
1.9.15p5-3
1.9.15p5-3+hurd.1
1.9.16-1
1.9.16-2
1.9.16p1-1
1.9.16p2-1
1.9.16p2-2
1.9.16p2-3
1.9.17p1-1
1.9.17p2-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-43995.json"

Debian:12 / sudo

Package

Name
sudo
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/sudo?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.9.12p1-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-43995.json"

Debian:13 / sudo

Package

Name
sudo
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/sudo?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.9.12p1-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-43995.json"

Debian:14 / sudo

Package

Name
sudo
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/sudo?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.9.12p1-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-43995.json"