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CVE-2023-42465

Date: December 21, 2023

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.0

Related Resources (16)

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U6XMRUJCPII4MPWG43HTYR76DGLEYEFZ/

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-42465

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-29

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R4Q23NHCKCLFIHSNY6KJ27GM7FSCEVXM/

Url: https://www.sudo.ws/releases/changelog/

Url: https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.02545

Url: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/9

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R4Q23NHCKCLFIHSNY6KJ27GM7FSCEVXM/

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/23/2

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42465

Url: https://github.com/sudo-project/sudo/releases/tag/SUDO_1_9_15

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U6XMRUJCPII4MPWG43HTYR76DGLEYEFZ/

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/24/6

Url: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240208-0002/

Url: https://github.com/sudo-project/sudo/commit/7873f8334c8d31031f8cfa83bd97ac6029309e4f

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2023-42465

Severity Score

7.0

Weakness Type (CWE)

Insufficient Information

NVD-CWE-noinfo

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.0
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

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CVE-2023-42465

Date: December 21, 2023

Language: C

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Weakness Type (CWE)

CVSS v3.1

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