Security Advisory
CVE-2016-7091
4.4
MEDIUM
Vulnerability 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.
Published Date
December 22, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory