Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for sudo

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU23783

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19232

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to impersonate nonexistent users.

The vulnerability exists in sudo due to incorrect processing of numeric uids that are not associated with any existing user account. A local user with access to a Runas ALL sudoer accountcan impersonate a a nonexistent user.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64: 8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian: 8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems: 8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64: 8.0

sudo (Red Hat package): before 1.8.29-5.el8

External links

http://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1804

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.