GLSA 202401-29: sudo: Memory Manipulation

Severity:high
Title:sudo: Memory Manipulation
Date:01/24/2024
Bugs: #920510
ID:202401-29

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in sudo which can lead to execution manipulation through rowhammer-style memory manipulation.

Background

sudo allows a system administrator to give users the ability to run commands as other users.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
app-admin/sudo < 1.9.15_p2 >= 1.9.15_p2 All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in sudo. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Stack/register variables can be flipped via fault injection, affecting execution flow in security-sensitive code.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All sudo users should upgrade to the latest version:

          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/sudo-1.9.15_p2"
        

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202401-29.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

Copyright 2010 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

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