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sudo: noexec bypass via wordexp()

🗓️ 06 Dec 2016 11:06:44Reported by RedHatType 
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Sudo noexec bypass via wordexp() with user input enables arbitrary commands with elevated privileges.

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Amazon		Medium: sudo
4 Jan 201700:00
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Tenable Nessus		Amazon Linux AMI : sudo (ALAS-2017-780)
5 Jan 201700:00
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Tenable Nessus		CentOS 6 / 7 : sudo (CESA-2016:2872)
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Tenable Nessus		Debian DLA-707-1 : sudo security update
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OSOS VersionArchitecturePackagePackage VersionFilename
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6ppc64sudo0:1.8.6p3-25.el6_8sudo-0:1.8.6p3-25.el6_8.ppc64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6s390xsudo0:1.8.6p3-25.el6_8sudo-0:1.8.6p3-25.el6_8.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6x86_64sudo0:1.8.6p3-25.el6_8sudo-0:1.8.6p3-25.el6_8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6anysudo0:1.8.6p3-25.el6_8.i686sudo-0:1.8.6p3-25.el6_8.i686.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7aarch64sudo0:1.8.6p7-21.el7_3sudo-0:1.8.6p7-21.el7_3.aarch64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7ppc64sudo0:1.8.6p7-21.el7_3sudo-0:1.8.6p7-21.el7_3.ppc64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7ppc64lesudo0:1.8.6p7-21.el7_3sudo-0:1.8.6p7-21.el7_3.ppc64le.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7s390xsudo0:1.8.6p7-21.el7_3sudo-0:1.8.6p7-21.el7_3.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7x86_64sudo0:1.8.6p7-21.el7_3sudo-0:1.8.6p7-21.el7_3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6ppcsudo-debuginfo0:1.8.6p3-25.el6_8sudo-debuginfo-0:1.8.6p3-25.el6_8.ppc.rpm
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7.4High risk
Vulners AI Score7.4
CVSS 27.2
CVSS 36.4 - 7.8
EPSS0.00077
CWE-184
sudo noexec bypasswordexp vulnerabilityelevated privilegesarbitrary command executionlocal user access
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