CVE-2015-8239
high
CVSS v3
7.0
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.0
Description
The SHA-2 digest support in the sudoers plugin in sudo after 1.8.7 allows local users with write permissions to parts of the called command to replace them before it is executed.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
69%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.8.17p1-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.8.17p1-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.8.17p1-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.8.17p1-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.8.17p1-1 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8239.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/18/22
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1283635
- https://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/0cd3cc8fa195
- https://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/24a3d9215c64
- https://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/397722cdd7ec
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8239
CWEs
CWE-362
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.