CVE-2023-42465
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.54% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 45.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2023-12-22 00:00Z2 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-11-04 21:08Z11 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2023-09-11
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-1319Improper Protection against Electromagnetic Fault Injection (EM-FI)Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- c99217c6a14c3a31c6a9be45445bcbf4cc5dd9cf181c02c3563958a165309eb5
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.sudo.wshttps://www.sudo.ws/releases/changelog/
- www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/9
- github.comhttps://github.com/sudo-project/sudo/commit/7873f8334c8d31031f8cfa83bd97ac6029309e4f
- arxiv.orghttps://arxiv.org/abs/2309.02545
- github.comhttps://github.com/sudo-project/sudo/releases/tag/SUDO_1_9_15
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202401-29https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-29
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2024-cdccda4f62https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U6XMRUJCPII4MPWG43HTYR76DGLEYEFZ/
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240208-0002/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2024-6fa5af9ea8https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R4Q23NHCKCLFIHSNY6KJ27GM7FSCEVXM/
- lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R4Q23NHCKCLFIHSNY6KJ27GM7FSCEVXM/
- lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U6XMRUJCPII4MPWG43HTYR76DGLEYEFZ/
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/23/2
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/24/6
07 Fixed in
AlmaLinux 9
- sudo Fixed in 1.9.5p2-10.el9_3
- sudo-python-plugin Fixed in 1.9.5p2-10.el9_3
Source: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
CloudLinux 9
- sudo Fixed in 1.9.5p2-10.el9_3
- sudo-python-plugin Fixed in 1.9.5p2-10.el9_3
Derived from AlmaLinux 9. Partial coverage: only packages taken from AlmaLinux 9 are listed.
Source: CloudLinux errata, CloudLinux Inc. Derived from: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- sudo No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- sudo Fixed in 1.9.15p2-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- sudo Fixed in 1.9.15p2-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.