{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9680","details":"sudo before 1.8.12 does not ensure that the TZ environment variable is associated with a zoneinfo file, which allows local users to open arbitrary files for read access (but not view file contents) by running a program within an sudo session, as demonstrated by interfering with terminal output, discarding kernel-log messages, or repositioning tape drives.","modified":"2026-09-01T20:03:25.257852682Z","published":"2017-04-24T06:59:00.353Z","upstream":["CVE-2014-9680"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9680"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"sudo","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/sudo?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.8.12-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9680.json"}},{"package":{"name":"sudo","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/sudo?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.8.12-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9680.json"}},{"package":{"name":"sudo","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/sudo?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.8.12-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9680.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"}]}