Fedora 40 : sudo (2024-57eebd0963)

high Nessus Plugin ID 194601

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-57eebd0963 advisory.

Automatic update for sudo-1.9.15-1.p5.fc40.

##### **Changelog**

```
* Wed Jan 24 2024 Radovan Sroka <[email protected]> - 1.9.15-1
- Rabase to 1.9.15p5
- sudo-1_9_15p5 is available Resolves: rhbz#2248505
- TRIAGE CVE-2023-42465 sudo: Targeted Corruption of Register and Stack Variables Resolves: rhbz#2255569

```

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

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 affected sudo package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 194601

File Name: fedora_2024-57eebd0963.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 4/29/2024

Updated: 11/15/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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:fedoraproject:fedora:40, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:sudo

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/24/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/22/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-42465

FEDORA: 2024-57eebd0963

IAVA: 2024-A-0068

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