CVE-2016-7091 Information disclosure in n/a
Local users with sudo access can read sensitive files via readline INPUTRC manipulation, requiring a patch to mitigate information disclosure.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-7091?
CVE-2016-7091 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 22 Dec 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-7091?
It affects 5 products.
Linux distribution packages (12)
sudo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:1.8.6p7-20.el7 |
sudo-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:1.8.6p7-20.el7 |
sudo-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:1.8.6p7-20.el7 |
sudo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 0:1.8.6p7-20.el7 |
sudo-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 0:1.8.6p7-20.el7 |
sudo-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 0:1.8.6p7-20.el7 |
sudo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:1.8.6p7-20.el7 |
sudo-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:1.8.6p7-20.el7 |
sudo-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:1.8.6p7-20.el7 |
sudo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:1.8.6p7-20.el7 |
sudo-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:1.8.6p7-20.el7 |
sudo-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:1.8.6p7-20.el7 |
Products include Redhat Enterprise Linux, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation.
How do I fix CVE-2016-7091?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2016-7091 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-7091 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-4h4j-rqc9-6rq3, RHSA-2016:2593.