CVE-2023-7090 (GCVE-0-2023-7090)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-23 22:33 – Updated: 2024-08-02 08:50
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Sudo: improper handling of ipa_hostname leads to privilege mismanagement
Summary
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)
CWE
- CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
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 | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | guessed |
Date Public
2019-08-15 00:00
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