CVE-2016-7091
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2016-05-24 | |
| Impact: | Low | What is this? |
Description
sudo: It was discovered that the default sudo configuration on Red HatEnterprise Linux and possibly other Linux implementations preserves the value of INPUTRC which could lead to information disclosure. A local user with sudo access to a restricted program that uses readline could use this flaw to read content from specially formatted files with elevated privileges provided by sudo.
See more information about CVE-2016-7091 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score: | 3.6 |
| Vector String: | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
| Version: | 2.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Local |
| Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (sudo) | ELSA-2016-2593 | 2016-11-09 |
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