DEBIAN-CVE-2023-42465

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-42465
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-42465.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-42465
Upstream
Published
2023-12-22T16:15:08.057Z
Modified
2025-11-20T10:16:43.379967Z
Severity
  • 7.0 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / sudo

Package

Name
sudo
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/sudo?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.9.5p2-3
1.9.5p2-3+deb11u1
1.9.5p2-3+deb11u2
1.9.5p2-3+exp1
1.9.6-1~exp1
1.9.6-1~exp2
1.9.8p2-1~exp1
1.9.8p2-1
1.9.9-1
1.9.10-1
1.9.10-2
1.9.10-3
1.9.11p3-1
1.9.11p3-2
1.9.12p1-1
1.9.12p2-1
1.9.13p1-1
1.9.13p3-1
1.9.13p3-2
1.9.13p3-3
1.9.14p2-1
1.9.15p2-1
1.9.15p2-2
1.9.15p3-1
1.9.15p4-1
1.9.15p4-2
1.9.15p5-1
1.9.15p5-2
1.9.15p5-3
1.9.15p5-3+hurd.1
1.9.16-1
1.9.16-2
1.9.16p1-1
1.9.16p2-1
1.9.16p2-2
1.9.16p2-3
1.9.17p1-1
1.9.17p2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / sudo

Package

Name
sudo
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/sudo?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.9.13p3-1
1.9.13p3-1+deb12u1
1.9.13p3-1+deb12u2
1.9.13p3-2
1.9.13p3-3
1.9.14p2-1
1.9.15p2-1
1.9.15p2-2
1.9.15p3-1
1.9.15p4-1
1.9.15p4-2
1.9.15p5-1
1.9.15p5-2
1.9.15p5-3
1.9.15p5-3+hurd.1
1.9.16-1
1.9.16-2
1.9.16p1-1
1.9.16p2-1
1.9.16p2-2
1.9.16p2-3
1.9.17p1-1
1.9.17p2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / sudo

Package

Name
sudo
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/sudo?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.9.15p2-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / sudo

Package

Name
sudo
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/sudo?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.9.15p2-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}