CVE-2019-19232 Affecting sudo package, versions <1.8.31-1ubuntu1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.76% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-SUDO-577244
  • published22 Dec 2019
  • disclosed19 Dec 2019

Introduced: 19 Dec 2019

CVE-2019-19232  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 sudo to version 1.8.31-1ubuntu1 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 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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