UBUNTU-CVE-2023-7090

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-7090
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-7090.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-7090
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:54:16Z
Published
2023-12-23T23:15:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:17:07.897120Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 6.6 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

A flaw was found in sudo in the handling of ipahostname, where ipahostname from /etc/sssd/sssd.conf was not propagated in sudo. Therefore, it leads to privilege mismanagement vulnerability in applications, where client hosts retain privileges even after retracting them.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / sudo

Package

Name
sudo
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/sudo@1.8.31-1ubuntu1.5?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8.31-1ubuntu1.5

Affected versions

1.*

1.8.27-1ubuntu4
1.8.29-1ubuntu1
1.8.31-1ubuntu1
1.8.31-1ubuntu1.1
1.8.31-1ubuntu1.2
1.8.31-1ubuntu1.4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "sudo",
            "binary_version": "1.8.31-1ubuntu1.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "sudo-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.8.31-1ubuntu1.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "sudo-ldap",
            "binary_version": "1.8.31-1ubuntu1.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "sudo-ldap-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.8.31-1ubuntu1.5"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-7090.json"

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / sudo

Package

Name
sudo
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/sudo@1.9.9-1ubuntu2.4?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.9.9-1ubuntu2.4

Affected versions

1.*

1.9.5p2-3ubuntu2
1.9.9-1ubuntu2
1.9.9-1ubuntu2.1
1.9.9-1ubuntu2.2
1.9.9-1ubuntu2.3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "sudo",
            "binary_version": "1.9.9-1ubuntu2.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "sudo-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.9.9-1ubuntu2.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "sudo-ldap",
            "binary_version": "1.9.9-1ubuntu2.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "sudo-ldap-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.9.9-1ubuntu2.4"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-7090.json"