Cybersecurity Alerts

Sudo Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Sudo contains an off-by-one error that can result in a heap-based buffer overflow, which allows for privilege escalation.

Required Action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Weakness Classification

CWE-122

CWE-193

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3156