CVE-2008-3067

sudo in SUSE openSUSE 10.3 does not clear the stdin buffer when password entry times out, which might allow local users to obtain a password by reading stdin from the parent process after a sudo child process exits.

Published: 2008-07-07 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-3067 is rated Low Risk (16.2/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.30%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3067

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.06% 0.30% +0.24%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.06% +0.01%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3067

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-3067

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-3067

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2008-3067 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (sudo), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3067
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3067
ubuntu low CVE-2008-3067 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (sudo), 6 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, upstream): not-affected 4, ignored 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-3067

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2008-3067

  • Red Hat (2008-07-08T00:00:00)

    Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of sudo as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3067

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
suse opensuse 10.3 cpe:2.3:a:suse:opensuse:10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3067

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