Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 2, 2022· Updated May 5, 2025

CVE-2022-43995

Description

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.

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Affected products

Sudo/Sudodescription
Gratisoft/Sudollm-fuzzy
Range: >=1.8.0 <=1.9.12
osv-coords37 versions
pkg:rpm/opensuse/sudo&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3 pkg:rpm/opensuse/sudo&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4 pkg:rpm/opensuse/sudo&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%20Micro%205.2 pkg:rpm/opensuse/sudo&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%206 pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207 pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-ESPOS pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-ESPOS pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOS pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.1 pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.2 pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.3 pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCL pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCL pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5 pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-BCL pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-BCL pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5 pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015 pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1 pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5 pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.1 pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Retail%20Branch%20Server%204.1 pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.1 pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209 pkg:rpm/suse/sudo&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209
< 1.9.5p2-150300.3.13.1+ 36 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.5p2-150300.3.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.9-150400.4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.5p2-150300.3.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.12-3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.27-150000.4.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.27-150000.4.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.27-150000.4.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.27-150000.4.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.27-150000.4.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.27-150000.4.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.27-150000.4.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.27-150000.4.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.5p2-150300.3.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.5p2-150300.3.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.9-150400.4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.5p2-150300.3.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.9-150400.4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.10p3-10.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.20p2-3.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.20p2-3.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.27-4.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.27-150000.4.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.27-150000.4.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.27-150000.4.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.27-150000.4.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.27-150000.4.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.20p2-3.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.27-4.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.27-150000.4.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.27-150000.4.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.27-150000.4.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.27-4.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.27-150000.4.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.27-150000.4.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.27-150000.4.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.20p2-3.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.20p2-3.33.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-08mitrevendor-advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgimitre
github.com/sudo-project/sudo/commit/bd209b9f16fcd1270c13db27ae3329c677d48050mitre
news.ycombinator.com/itemmitre
www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/mitre

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