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RHEL 8 / 9 : sudo (RHSA-2024:0811)
high Nessus Plugin ID 190517
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for sudo.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:0811 advisory.The sudo packages contain the sudo utility which allows system administrators to provide certain users with the permission to execute privileged commands, which are used for system management purposes, without having to log in as root.
Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):
* CVE-2023-28487 sudo: Sudo does not escape control characters in sudoreplay output
* CVE-2023-28486 sudo: Sudo does not escape control characters in log messages
* CVE-2023-42465 sudo: Targeted Corruption of Register and Stack Variables
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL sudo package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:0811.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?cfa4b62a
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2179272
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2179273
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 190517
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-0811.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 2/14/2024
Updated: 11/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6
Temporal Score: 4.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-42465
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7
Temporal Score: 6.3
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sudo-python-plugin, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sudo, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/14/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/16/2023