CVE-2022-42717

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Last Modified on: 10/18/2022 06:00:00 PM UTC

CVE-2022-42717

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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Certain versions of Packer from Hashicorp contain the following vulnerability:

An issue was discovered in Hashicorp Packer before 2.3.1. The recommended sudoers configuration for Vagrant on Linux is insecure. If the host has been configured according to this documentation, non-privileged users on the host can leverage a wildcard in the sudoers configuration to execute arbitrary commands as root.

  • CVE-2022-42717 has been assigned by URL Logo [email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as HIGH severity.

CVSS3 Score: 7.8 - HIGH

Attack
Vector ⓘ		 Attack
Complexity		 Privileges
Required		 User
Interaction
LOCAL LOW LOW NONE
Scope Confidentiality
Impact		 Integrity
Impact		 Availability
Impact
UNCHANGED HIGH HIGH HIGH

CVE References

Description Tags ⓘ Link
NFS - Synced Folders | Vagrant by HashiCorp www.vagrantup.com
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 URL Logo MISC www.vagrantup.com/docs/synced-folders/nfs
HCSEC-2022-23: Vagrant NFS sudoers configuration allows for local privilege escalation - Security - HashiCorp Discuss discuss.hashicorp.com
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 URL Logo MISC discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2022-23-vagrant-nfs-sudoers-configuration-allows-for-local-privilege-escalation/45423
Update NFS exports usage by chrisroberts · Pull Request #12910 · hashicorp/vagrant · GitHub github.com
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 URL Logo MISC github.com/hashicorp/vagrant/pull/12910
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Related QID Numbers

  • 904219 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for packer (11115)

Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
ApplicationHashicorpPackerAllAllAllAll
ApplicationHashicorpVagrantAllAllAllAll
Operating
System		LinuxLinux Kernel-AllAllAll
  • cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:packer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
  • cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vagrant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

Social Mentions

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Twitter Icon @CVEreport CVE-2022-42717 : An issue was discovered in Hashicorp Packer before 2.3.1. The recommended sudoers configuration fo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 2022-10-11 23:08:02
Twitter Icon @Robo_Alerts Potentially Critical CVE Detected! CVE-2022-42717 An issue was discovered in Hashicorp Packer before 2.3.1. The rec… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 2022-10-11 23:56:00
Reddit Logo Icon /r/netcve CVE-2022-42717 2022-10-12 00:39:20
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