CVE-2019-19234

Summary

CVECVE-2019-19234
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-12-19 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:07:00 UTC
Description** DISPUTED ** 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sudo Sudo All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Sudo Development Releases CONFIRM www.sudo.ws Vendor Advisory
Photon OS 1.0: Sudo PHSA-2020-1.0-0264 | Tenable® MISC www.tenable.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: sudo-1.9.0-0.1.b1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: sudo-1.9.0-0.1.b1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Errorpage MISC www.bsi.bund.de
CVE-2019-19234 | SUSE CONFIRM www.suse.com
December 2019 Sudo Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
Cisco Bug: CSCvs58104 - [ciam] Sudo Blocked User Impersonation Vulnerability MISC quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com
Oracle Solaris Third Party Bulletin - April 2020 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
Red Hat Customer Portal CONFIRM access.redhat.com
Sudo Stable Release MISC www.sudo.ws Vendor Advisory
LIN1019-3816 - Security Advisory - sudo - CVE-2019-19234 MISC support2.windriver.com
Cisco Bug: CSCvs58473 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in sudo MISC quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com
Cisco Bug: CSCvs58979 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in sudo MISC quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: sudo-1.9.0-0.1.b1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
LIN1018-5505 - Security Advisory - sudo - CVE-2019-19234 MISC support2.windriver.com
Cisco Bug: CSCvs58772 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in sudo MISC quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com
CVE-2019-19234 CONFIRM support2.windriver.com
Bug Not Available MISC quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com
Bug Not Available MISC quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: sudo-1.9.0-0.1.b1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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