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


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.46% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-SUDO-3737938
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed19 Dec 2019

Introduced: 19 Dec 2019

CVE-2019-19232  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 sudo to version 0:1.8.29-5.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:1804.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream sudo package and not the sudo package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL: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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