Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2023-27320 is a high-severity memory management flaw in sudo before 1.9.13p2. It involves a double free in the per-command chroot feature. Business urgency depends on whether sudo is present, whether versions are older than 1.9.13p2, and whether affected sudoers chroot rules are used. Likely exposure is Unix-like hosts or appliances that include sudo earlier than 1.9.13p2, especially where sudoers per-command chroot rules are configured. The source bundle does not enumerate precise affected distributions or appliance versions beyond linked vendor advisories. Prioritize remediation where sudo is widely deployed and privileged users have shell or administrative access. This is not documented here as actively exploited, but the potential impact is high enough to include in routine urgent patch cycles. Mitigation focus: Upgrade sudo to 1.9.13p2 or a vendor-fixed package.; Review Fedora, Gentoo, NetApp, and platform-specific vendor advisories.; Inventory sudoers configurations using per-command chroot rules..
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- High
- CVSS
- 7.2 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H1.25.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
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7.2HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/28/1CVE reference
- https://www.sudo.ws/releases/stable/#1.9.13p2CVE reference
- FEDORA-2023-d2d6ec2a32CVE reference · vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2023-11c9d868caCVE reference · vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2023-cb5df36bebCVE reference · vendor-advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230413-0009/CVE reference
- GLSA-202309-12CVE reference · vendor-advisory
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Double Free
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