CVE-2023-42465
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
22/12/2023
Last modified:
04/11/2025
Description
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.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
7.00
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.9.15 (excluding) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.02545
- https://github.com/sudo-project/sudo/commit/7873f8334c8d31031f8cfa83bd97ac6029309e4f
- https://github.com/sudo-project/sudo/releases/tag/SUDO_1_9_15
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R4Q23NHCKCLFIHSNY6KJ27GM7FSCEVXM/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U6XMRUJCPII4MPWG43HTYR76DGLEYEFZ/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-29
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240208-0002/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/9
- https://www.sudo.ws/releases/changelog/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/23/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/24/6
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.02545
- https://github.com/sudo-project/sudo/commit/7873f8334c8d31031f8cfa83bd97ac6029309e4f
- https://github.com/sudo-project/sudo/releases/tag/SUDO_1_9_15
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R4Q23NHCKCLFIHSNY6KJ27GM7FSCEVXM/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U6XMRUJCPII4MPWG43HTYR76DGLEYEFZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R4Q23NHCKCLFIHSNY6KJ27GM7FSCEVXM/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U6XMRUJCPII4MPWG43HTYR76DGLEYEFZ/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-29
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240208-0002/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/9
- https://www.sudo.ws/releases/changelog/