It was discovered that the default sudo configuration preserved the value of INPUTRC from the user's environment, 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.
Find out more about CVE-2016-7091 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 3.6 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (sudo) | RHSA-2016:2593 | 2016-11-03 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 | readline | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | readline | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | sudo | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | readline | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | compat-readline5 | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | readline | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | compat-readline43 | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | sudo | Will not fix |
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