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Echo: sudo: security update to 1.9.15

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 464098

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Sudo before 1.9.15 might allow row hammer attacks (for authentication bypass or privilege escalation)
 because application logic sometimes is based on not equaling an error value (instead of equaling a success
 value), and because the values do not resist flips of a single bit. (CVE-2023-42465)

Solution

Update the sudo library and its related packages to version 1.9.15 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2023-42465

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 464098

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.61

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/22/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-42465

IAVA: 2024-A-0068-S