{"id":"UBUNTU-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":"2026-02-04T03:49:46.330723Z","published":"2014-12-31T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2533-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-9680"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9680"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/15/24"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/09/12"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/tz.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2533-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9680"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"sudo","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/sudo@1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.1"}]}],"versions":["1.8.6p3-0ubuntu3","1.8.8-2ubuntu1","1.8.8-2ubuntu2","1.8.9p4-1ubuntu1","1.8.9p4-1ubuntu2","1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"sudo"},{"binary_name":"sudo-ldap","binary_version":"1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9680.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}