CVE-2015-8239

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    CVE-2015-8239

    Published: 10 Oct 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: 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, 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://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

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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