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CVE-2023-42465

Sudo before 1.9.15 might allow row hammer attacks (for authentication bypass or privilege escalation) because application logic sometimes is

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Summary

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.

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Affected versions

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References 9

sudo.ws

openwall.com

GitHub · sudo-project/sudo

arxiv.org

security.gentoo.org

lists.fedoraproject.org

security.netapp.com