Vulnerability CVE-2016-7091


Published: 2016-12-22   Modified: 2016-12-23

Description:
sudo: It was discovered that the default sudo configuration on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and possibly other Linux implementations preserves the value of INPUTRC which could lead to information disclosure. A local user with sudo access to a restricted program that uses readline could use this flaw to read content from specially formatted files with elevated privileges provided by sudo.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.9/10
6.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
None
None
Affected software
Redhat -> Enterprise linux hpc node 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux workstation 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux desktop 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92615
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-readline/2016-05/msg00009.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2593.html

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