CVE-2016-7091

MediumCVSS 4.4/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

sudo: It was discovered that the default sudo configuration on Red Hat Enterprise 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 4.4/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-200

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92615Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-readline/2016-05/msg00009.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2593.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92615Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-readline/2016-05/msg00009.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2593.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Dec 22, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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