CVE-2016-7091
Published: 22 December 2016
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.
Notes
Author | Note |
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mdeslaur | INPUTRC isn't included in debian/ubuntu, rh-specific |
Priority
CVSS 3 base score: 4.4