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nvd[email protected]NVD:CVE-2023-42465
HistoryDec 22, 2023 - 4:15 p.m.

CVE-2023-42465

2023-12-2216:15:08
web.nvd.nist.gov
10
sudo
authentication bypass
privilege escalation
application logic
error value
single bit flips
cve-2023-42465

CVSS3

7

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

20.1%

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.

Affected configurations

Nvd
Node
sudo_projectsudoRange<1.9.15
VendorProductVersionCPE
sudo_projectsudo*cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS3

7

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

20.1%