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GHSA-8MRC-5PHH-M9PC

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-12-24 00:30 – Updated: 2024-02-08 12:30

Details

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.

Severity

6.6 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2023-7090 (GCVE-0-2023-7090)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-23 22:33 – Updated: 2024-08-02 08:50

Title

Sudo: improper handling of ipa_hostname leads to privilege mismanagement

Summary

Severity

6.6 (Medium)


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

CWE

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Assigner

redhat redhat root

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-7090	vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2255723	issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024…
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2024020…
https://www.sudo.ws/releases/legacy/#1.8.28

Impacted products

6 products

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	sudo	Unaffected: 1.8.28
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Fedora	Fedora

Date Public

2019-08-15 00:00

Credits

This issue was discovered by Mohammad Tausif Siddiqui (Red Hat Product Security).

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