{"id":"USN-2533-1","summary":"sudo vulnerability","details":"Jakub Wilk and Stephane Chazelas discovered that Sudo incorrectly handled\nthe TZ environment variable. An attacker with Sudo access could possibly\nuse this issue to open arbitrary files, bypassing intended permissions.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:40:53Z","published":"2015-03-16T13:06:42Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9680"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-9680","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9680"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2533-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/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_name":"sudo","binary_version":"1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.1"},{"binary_name":"sudo-ldap","binary_version":"1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.1"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"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"}],"id":"CVE-2014-9680"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2533-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}