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6.6Medium

CVE-2023-7090Sudo: improper handling of ipa_hostname leads to privilege mismanagement

sudo; Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Published: 2023-12-24 01:33 (2 years ago)

Description

A flaw was found in sudo in the handling of ipa_hostname, where ipa_hostname from /etc/sssd/sssd.conf was not propagated in sudo. Therefore, it leads to privilege mismanagement vulnerability in applications, where client hosts retain privileges even after retracting them.

Weakness (CWE): CWE-269

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

Vendor	Product	Versions
Fedora	Fedora	—
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	—
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	—
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	—
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	—
—	sudo	fixed 1.8.28

References and patches

CVSS score

6.6Medium

Source: redhat · CVSS 3.1

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: High
User interaction: None
Scope: Changed
Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: Low

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

EPSS (chance of exploitation in 30 days)

0.69%

higher than 53% of all CVEs

Timeline

ID reserved2023-12-23
Published2023-12-24 01:33
Reached IP-DB2026-10-24 23:53
Last updated2024-08-02 11:50

Assigned by (CNA): redhat

View at source: CVE.org · NVD

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