Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2016-7091 First vendor Publication 2016-12-22
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2016-12-23

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Overall CVSS Score 4.4
Base Score 4.4 Environmental Score 4.4
impact SubScore 3.6 Temporal Score 4.4
Exploitabality Sub Score 0.8
 
Attack Vector Local Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required High User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact None Availability Impact None
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 4.9 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 6.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7091

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-200 Information Exposure

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 1
Os 1
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Os 1
Os 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-05-01 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update.
File : EulerOS_SA-2016-1055.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-15 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20161103_sudo_on_SL7_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-11-28 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2016-2593.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-11-11 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-2593.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-11-04 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2016-2593.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92615
MLIST https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-readline/2016-05/msg00009.html
REDHAT https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2593.html

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Date Informations
2021-05-04 12:52:56
  • Multiple Updates
2021-04-22 02:05:18
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2020-05-23 00:53:02
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2017-05-02 13:24:37
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2016-12-23 21:23:51
  • Multiple Updates
2016-12-23 05:23:32
  • First insertion