Vulnerabilities / openSUSE-SU-2020:0244-1

critical

openSUSE-SU-2020:0244-1

Security update for sudo

In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

No source gives a CVSS score.

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by SUSE.

Description

This update for sudo fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed: - CVE-2019-18634: Fixed a buffer overflow in the passphrase prompt that could occur when pwfeedback was enabled in /etc/sudoers (bsc#1162202). Non-security issue fixed: - Fixed an issue where sudo -l would ask for a password even though `listpw` was set to `never` (bsc#1162675). This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
openSUSE Leap 15.1sudo, sudo-devel, sudo-test1.8.22-lp151.5.6.1
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SourcePackageFixed in
openSUSE Leap 15.1sudo1.8.22-lp151.5.6.1
openSUSE Leap 15.1sudo-devel1.8.22-lp151.5.6.1
openSUSE Leap 15.1sudo-test1.8.22-lp151.5.6.1

References

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