RHEL 8 : sudo (RHSA-2023:0280)

high Nessus Plugin ID 170393

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:0280 advisory.

- sudo: 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 affected sudo package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 170393

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-0280.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 1/23/2023

Updated: 9/29/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

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: 7.2

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sudo

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: 1/23/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/18/2023

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Sudoedit Extra Arguments Priv Esc)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-22809

RHSA: 2023:0280

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