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Improper Access Control Affecting sudo package, versions <0:1.8.29-5.el8

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.76% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-SUDO-2039532
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 19 Dec 2019
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Introduced: 19 Dec 2019

CVE-2019-19232 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-284 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 sudo to version 0:1.8.29-5.el8 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream sudo package and not the sudo package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Sudo through 1.8.29, an attacker with access to a Runas ALL sudoer account can impersonate a nonexistent user by invoking sudo with a numeric uid that is not associated with any user. NOTE: The software maintainer believes that this is not a vulnerability because running a command via sudo as a user not present in the local password database is an intentional feature. Because this behavior surprised some users, sudo 1.8.30 introduced an option to enable/disable this behavior with the default being disabled. However, this does not change the fact that sudo was behaving as intended, and as documented, in earlier versions

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CVSS Scores

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NVD

7.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    None