CVE-2019-19234
HIGHEPSS 87th pctlDescription
In Sudo through 1.8.29, the fact that a user has been blocked (e.g., by using the ! character in the shadow file instead of a password hash) is not considered, allowing an attacker (who has access to a Runas ALL sudoer account) to impersonate any blocked user. NOTE: The software maintainer believes that this CVE is not valid. Disabling local password authentication for a user is not the same as disabling all access to that user--the user may still be able to login via other means (ssh key, kerberos, etc). Both the Linux shadow(5) and passwd(1) manuals are clear on this. Indeed it is a valid use case to have local accounts that are _only_ accessible via sudo and that cannot be logged into with a password. Sudo 1.8.30 added an optional setting to check the _shell_ of the target user (not the encrypted password!) against the contents of /etc/shells but that is not the same thing as preventing access to users with an invalid password hash
How to fix
Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Exploit Intelligence
Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 87% of all known CVEs.
References
- access.redhat.com
- lists.fedoraproject.org
- lists.fedoraproject.org
- quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com
- quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com
- quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com
- quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com
- quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com
- quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com
- security.netapp.com
- support2.windriver.com
- support2.windriver.com
- support2.windriver.com
- bsi.bund.de
- oracle.com
- suse.com
- tenable.com
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