CVE-2019-19234
Description
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
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:sudo:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:sudo:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.8.29
- (no CPE)range: <=1.8.29
- Sudo/Sudodescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
19- www.sudo.ws/devel.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.sudo.ws/stable.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-19234nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I6TKF36KOQUVJNBHSVJFA7BU3CCEYD2F/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IY6DZ7WMDKU4ZDML6MJLDAPG42B5WVUC/nvd
- quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com/quickview/bug/CSCvs58104nvd
- quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com/quickview/bug/CSCvs58473nvd
- quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com/quickview/bug/CSCvs58772nvd
- quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com/quickview/bug/CSCvs58812nvd
- quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com/quickview/bug/CSCvs58979nvd
- quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com/quickview/bug/CSCvs60748nvd
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200103-0004/nvd
- support2.windriver.com/index.phpnvd
- support2.windriver.com/index.phpnvd
- support2.windriver.com/index.phpnvd
- www.bsi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Warnmeldungen/DE/CB/2019/12/warnmeldung_cb-k20-0001.htmlnvd
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/bulletinapr2020.htmlnvd
- www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19234/nvd
- www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/132985nvd
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