Red Hat · Red Hat · CVE-2016-7091
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
sudo (affected versions not specified)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (affected versions not specified)
**Description**
A flaw was discovered in the default sudo configuration on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and possibly other Linux implementations, where the value of `INPUTRC` is preserved. This could lead to information disclosure. A local user with sudo access to a restricted program that uses readline could exploit this flaw to read content from specially formatted files with elevated privileges provided by sudo.
**Recommendations**
For sudo, consider restricting access to the `INPUTRC` variable until a patch is available.
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.