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Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2023-42465: Low priority package update for sudo

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Sep 5, 2023
Added
Feb 17, 2025
Modified
Jul 4, 2025

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.
A flaw was found in the sudo package. This issue could allow a local authenticated attacker to cause a bit to flip, which enables fault injection and may authenticate as the root user.

Solutions

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