HIGH 7.0 Microsoft
CVE-2023-42465
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.
Microsoft Security Update 2023-Dec: 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.
Affected Products
- cbl2 sudo 1.9.15p5-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-42465
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42465
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.0 was published on 2023-12-12 via Microsoft. Affected: cbl2 sudo 1.9.15p5-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0.
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