Description
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.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 7.0/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.02545Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/sudo-project/sudo/commit/7873f8334c8d31031f8cfa83bd97ac6029309e4fPatch
- https://github.com/sudo-project/sudo/releases/tag/SUDO_1_9_15Release Notes
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R4Q23NHCKCLFIHSNY6KJ27GM7FSCEVXM/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U6XMRUJCPII4MPWG43HTYR76DGLEYEFZ/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-29
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240208-0002/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/9Exploit, Mailing List
- https://www.sudo.ws/releases/changelog/Release Notes
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/23/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/24/6
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.02545Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/sudo-project/sudo/commit/7873f8334c8d31031f8cfa83bd97ac6029309e4fPatch
- https://github.com/sudo-project/sudo/releases/tag/SUDO_1_9_15Release Notes
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R4Q23NHCKCLFIHSNY6KJ27GM7FSCEVXM/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U6XMRUJCPII4MPWG43HTYR76DGLEYEFZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R4Q23NHCKCLFIHSNY6KJ27GM7FSCEVXM/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U6XMRUJCPII4MPWG43HTYR76DGLEYEFZ/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-29
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240208-0002/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/9Exploit, Mailing List
- https://www.sudo.ws/releases/changelog/Release Notes
Timeline
- Published
- Dec 22, 2023
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified