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CentOS 9 : sudo-1.9.5p2-9.el9

high Nessus Plugin ID 191177

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update for sudo.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the sudo-1.9.5p2-9.el9 build changelog.

 - arbitrary file write with privileges of the RunAs user (CVE-2023-22809)

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

Solution

Update the CentOS 9 Stream sudo package.

See Also

https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=29596

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 191177

File Name: centos9_sudo-1_9_5p2-9.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/29/2024

Updated: 9/11/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-22809

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sudo-python-plugin, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sudo-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sudo, cpe:/a:centos:centos:9

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/19/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/18/2023

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Sudoedit Extra Arguments Priv Esc)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-22809