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Oracle Linux 8 / 9 : sudo (ELSA-2024-0811)

high Nessus Plugin ID 190536

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-0811 advisory.

 - Sudo before 1.9.13 does not escape control characters in sudoreplay output. (CVE-2023-28487)

 - Sudo before 1.9.13 does not escape control characters in log messages. (CVE-2023-28486)

 - 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)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected sudo and / or sudo-python-plugin packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-0811.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 190536

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-0811.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/14/2024

Updated: 2/14/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

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:/a:oracle:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8:9:baseos_patch, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8::baseos_latest, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:3:baseos_patch, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9::baseos_latest, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sudo, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sudo-python-plugin

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/14/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/16/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-28486, CVE-2023-28487, CVE-2023-42465

IAVA: 2023-A-0121-S, 2024-A-0068