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CVE-2016-7091
published 2016-12-22

CVE-2016-7091: sudo: It was discovered that the default sudo configuration on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and possibly other Linux implementations preserves the value of INPUTRC…

medium4.4CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRHUINSUCHINAN
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.

Affected

5 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debiansudo
redhatenterprise_linux_desktop
redhatenterprise_linux_hpc_node
redhatenterprise_linux_server
redhatenterprise_linux_workstation