High severity8.4NVD Advisory· Published May 31, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-1831
CVE-2005-1831
Description
Sudo 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.
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Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.8p7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: =1.6.8p7
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