ALAS-2024-1917

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-42465  

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. (CVE-2023-42465)

ALAS-2024-1917


Amazon Linux 1 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-1917
Advisory Release Date: 2024-02-01 19:33 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-02-01 19:33 Pacific
Severity: Important

Issue Overview:

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. (CVE-2023-42465)


Affected Packages:

sudo


Issue Correction:
Run yum update sudo to update your system.

New Packages:
i686:
    sudo-debuginfo-1.8.23-10.58.amzn1.i686
    sudo-devel-1.8.23-10.58.amzn1.i686
    sudo-1.8.23-10.58.amzn1.i686

src:
    sudo-1.8.23-10.58.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    sudo-1.8.23-10.58.amzn1.x86_64
    sudo-debuginfo-1.8.23-10.58.amzn1.x86_64
    sudo-devel-1.8.23-10.58.amzn1.x86_64