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GLSA-202309-12 : sudo: Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 182195

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Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202309-12 (sudo: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

 - Sudo before 1.9.13p2 has a double free in the per-command chroot feature. (CVE-2023-27320)

 - Sudo before 1.9.13 does not escape control characters in log messages. (CVE-2023-28486)

 - Sudo before 1.9.13 does not escape control characters in sudoreplay output. (CVE-2023-28487)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

All sudo users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=app-admin/sudo-1.9.13_p2

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-12

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=898510

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=905322

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 182195

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202309-12.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 9/29/2023

Updated: 9/29/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-27320

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:sudo, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/29/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/28/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-27320, CVE-2023-28486, CVE-2023-28487