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CVE-2023-27320

Double Free

Published: Feb 28, 2023 | Modified: Mar 21, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.2
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
6.4 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27320
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/415.html

Sudo before 1.9.13p2 has a double free in the per-command chroot feature.

Weakness

The product calls free() twice on the same memory address.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Sudo Sudo_project 1.9.8 (including) 1.9.13 (excluding)
Sudo Sudo_project 1.9.13 (including) 1.9.13 (including)
Sudo Sudo_project 1.9.13-p1 (including) 1.9.13-p1 (including)
Sudo Ubuntu devel *
Sudo Ubuntu jammy *
Sudo Ubuntu kinetic *
Sudo Ubuntu lunar *
Sudo Ubuntu trusty *
Sudo Ubuntu upstream *

Potential Mitigations

References

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