CVE-2023-42465
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 22, 2023
- Updated
- Nov 4, 2025
- Reserved
- Sep 11, 2023
Description
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- https://www.sudo.ws/releases/changelog/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/9
- https://github.com/sudo-project/sudo/commit/7873f8334c8d31031f8cfa83bd97ac6029309e4f
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.02545
- https://github.com/sudo-project/sudo/releases/tag/SUDO_1_9_15
- GLSA-202401-29vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2024-cdccda4f62vendor-advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240208-0002/
- FEDORA-2024-6fa5af9ea8vendor-advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R4Q23NHCKCLFIHSNY6KJ27GM7FSCEVXM/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U6XMRUJCPII4MPWG43HTYR76DGLEYEFZ/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/23/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/24/6
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