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LOW 3.8

GHSA-c978-wq47-pvvw

sudo-rs: Partial password reveal is possible after timeout

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### Summary If a user begins entering a password but does not press return for an extended period, a password timeout may occur. When this happens, the keystrokes that were entered are echoed back to the console.

### Example Using sudo-rs: ``` geiger@cerberus:~$ sudo -s [sudo: authenticate] Password: sudo-rs: timed out geiger@cerberus:~$ testtesttest ```

"testtesttest" was entered at the password prompt but not confirmed by pressing return and then waiting for the timeout.

### Impact This could reveal partial password information, possibly exposing history files when not carefully handled by the user and on screen, usable for Social Engineering or Pass-By attacks.

### Versions affected Passwords timeouts were added in sudo-rs 0.2.7 (with a default set to 5 minutes).

### Credits This issue was discovered and reported by @DevLaTron.

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Affected packages

crates.io / sudo-rs
Introduced in: 0.2.7 Fixed in: 0.2.10

Upgrade sudo-rs to 0.2.10 or newer (ecosystem crates.io).

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