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.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-12-22T21:00:00

Updated: 2016-12-22T20:57:01

Reserved: 2016-08-25T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2016-7091

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2016-12-22T21:59:00.113

Modified: 2016-12-23T18:17:50.273


Link: CVE-2016-7091

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