CVE-2023-7090 (GCVE-0-2023-7090)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-23 22:33 – Updated: 2024-08-02 08:50
VLAI
Title
Sudo: improper handling of ipa_hostname leads to privilege mismanagement
Summary
A flaw was found in sudo in the handling of ipa_hostname, where ipa_hostname from /etc/sssd/sssd.conf was not propagated in sudo. Therefore, it leads to privilege mismanagement vulnerability in applications, where client hosts retain privileges even after retracting them.
Severity
6.6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2019-08-15 00:00
Credits
This issue was discovered by Mohammad Tausif Siddiqui (Red Hat Product Security).
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