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Sudo 1.8.25p Buffer Overflow

2020-02-0400:00:00
Joe Vennix
packetstormsecurity.com
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`# Title: Sudo 1.8.25p - Buffer Overflow  
# Date: 2020-01-30  
# Author: Joe Vennix  
# Software: Sudo  
# Versions: Sudo versions prior to 1.8.26  
# CVE: CVE-2019-18634  
# Reference: https://www.sudo.ws/alerts/pwfeedback.html  
  
# Sudo's pwfeedback option can be used to provide visual feedback when the user is inputting   
# their password. For each key press, an asterisk is printed. This option was added in   
# response to user confusion over how the standard Password: prompt disables the echoing   
# of key presses. While pwfeedback is not enabled by default in the upstream version of sudo,  
# some systems, such as Linux Mint and Elementary OS, do enable it in their default sudoers files.  
  
# Due to a bug, when the pwfeedback option is enabled in the sudoers file, a user may be able to trigger a stack-based buffer overflow.  
# This bug can be triggered even by users not listed in the sudoers file. There is no impact unless pwfeedback has been enabled.  
  
The folowing sudoers configuration is vulnerable:  
  
$ sudo -l  
Matching Defaults entries for millert on linux-build:  
insults, pwfeedback, mail_badpass, mailerpath=/usr/sbin/sendmail  
  
User millert may run the following commands on linux-build:  
(ALL : ALL) ALL  
  
# Exploiting the bug does not require sudo permissions, merely that pwfeedback be enabled.   
# The bug can be reproduced by passing a large input to sudo via a pipe when it prompts for a password.  
  
$ perl -e 'print(("A" x 100 . "\x{00}") x 50)' | sudo -S id  
Password: Segmentation fault  
  
If pwfeedback is enabled in sudoers, the stack overflow may allow unprivileged users to escalate to the root account.  
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