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Servers and applications

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 success value), and because the values do not resist flips of a single bit.

Severity
High 7.0
Published
22 Dec 2023
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Fixed in
1.9.15
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
sudoServers and applications · cpe:a:sudo_project:sudo
  • Every version before 1.9.15

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42465
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-42465