RHEL 6 : sudo (RHSA-2020:0726)
high Nessus Plugin ID 134271
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:0726 advisory.- sudo: Stack based buffer overflow when pwfeedback is enabled (CVE-2019-18634)
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 and / or sudo-devel packages.See Also
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/121.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-18634
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 134271
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-0726.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 3/6/2020
Updated: 10/13/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent
Risk Information
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-18634
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 8.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.6
Temporal Score: 3.6
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Temporal Vector: E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:6.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sudo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sudo-devel
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: 3/5/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/23/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-18634