Advisories » MGASA-2022-0426

Updated sudo packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 17 Nov 2022
Modification date: 17 Nov 2022
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases : 8
CVE: CVE-2022-43995

Description

Sudo 1.8.0 through 1.9.12, with the crypt() password backend, contains a
plugins/sudoers/auth/passwd.c array-out-of-bounds error that can result in
a heap-based buffer over-read. This can be triggered by arbitrary local
users with access to Sudo by entering a password of seven characters or
fewer. The impact could vary depending on the system libraries, compiler,
and processor architecture. (CVE-2022-43995)
                

References

• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31089
• https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2022-November/012820.html
• https://www.sudo.ws/releases/stable/#1.9.12p1
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-43995

SRPMS

8/core

• sudo-1.9.5p2-2.1.mga8