CVE-2023-42465

Published Dec 22, 2023

Last updated 9 months ago

Overview

Description: Sudo before 1.9.15 might allow row hammer attacks (for authentication bypass or privilege escalation) because application logic sometimes is based on not equaling an error value (instead of equaling a success value), and because the values do not resist flips of a single bit.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 7
Impact score: 5.9
Exploitability score: 1
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: HIGH

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "0352673D-D618-41C1-BC9F-8B3582BC277E",
            "versionEndExcluding": "1.9.15"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References