CVE-2016-7091

MEDIUM

Redhat Enterprise Linux - Information Disclosure

Title source: rule

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 4.4
EPSS 0.0007
EPSS Percentile 21.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Classification

CWE
CWE-200
Status published

Affected Products (6)

redhat/enterprise_linux
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop
redhat/enterprise_linux_hpc_node
redhat/enterprise_linux_server
redhat/enterprise_linux_workstation
n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Dec 22, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026