CVE-2012-0809

NameCVE-2012-0809
DescriptionFormat string vulnerability in the sudo_debug function in Sudo 1.8.0 through 1.8.3p1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string sequences in the program name for sudo.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs657985

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
sudo (PTS)buster1.8.27-1+deb10u3fixed
buster (security)1.8.27-1+deb10u6fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye1.9.5p2-3+deb11u1fixed
bookworm1.9.13p3-1+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie1.9.15p5-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
sudosourcelenny(not affected)
sudosourcesqueeze(not affected)
sudosource(unstable)1.8.3p2-1657985

Notes

[squeeze] - sudo <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[lenny] - sudo <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)

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