CVE-2021-3156

sudo: The sudo packages contain the sudo utility which allows system administrators to provide certain users with the permi...

CVE-2021-3156 is fixed in 2 products on 1 platform, first by RHSA-2021:0218, released January 26, 2021. It is being exploited: CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on April 6, 2022. Patch Radar priority: Patch now.

Patch nowCISA KEV
CVSS
7.8
Important
Exploitation
Exploited
Listed by CISA
CISA KEV
Apr 6, 2022
Federal due date Apr 27, 2022
EPSS
0.9996
99th percentile

The sudo packages contain the sudo utility which allows system administrators to provide certain users with the permission to execute privileged commands, which are used for system management purposes, without having to log in as root. Security Fix(es): * sudo: Heap buffer overflow in argument parsing (CVE-2021-3156) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
sudo · RHEL 8 0:1.8.29-6.el8_3.1 RHSA-2021:0218 Jan 26, 2021
sudo · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.8.21p2-3ubuntu1.4 sudo 1.8.21p2-3ubuntu1.4 Jan 26, 2021
sudo · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.8.31-1ubuntu1.2 sudo 1.8.31-1ubuntu1.2 Jan 26, 2021
sudo · ol 8 0:1.8.29-6.el8_3.1 ELSA-2021-0218 Jan 27, 2021
sudo-ldap · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.8.21p2-3ubuntu1.4 sudo-ldap 1.8.21p2-3ubuntu1.4 Jan 26, 2021
sudo-ldap · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.8.31-1ubuntu1.2 sudo-ldap 1.8.31-1ubuntu1.2 Jan 26, 2021

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