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CentOS 9 : sudo-1.9.5p2-10.el9

high Nessus Plugin ID 193919

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates for sudo.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the sudo-1.9.5p2-10.el9 build changelog.

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

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

 - Targeted Corruption of Register and Stack Variables (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 CentOS 9 Stream sudo package.

See Also

https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=46838

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 193919

File Name: centos9_sudo-1_9_5p2-10_46838.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/26/2024

Updated: 4/26/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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:centos:centos:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sudo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sudo-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sudo-python-plugin

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/24/2024

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