CVE-2023-42465
7.0
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.00%
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.
How to fix CVE-2023-42465
No fixed version has been published yet. Mitigate by removing the affected package or applying upstream guidance from the references below.
- Debian/sudo—no fix listed
Is CVE-2023-42465 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |