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.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- local
- Complexity
- high
- Privileges
- low
- User Action
- none
- Scope
- unchanged
- Confidentiality
- high
- Integrity
- high
- Availability
- high
- Weaknesses
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- SUDO_PROJECT
- Published
- 12/22/2023
- Last Modified
- 11/4/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
sudo_project : sudo
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