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In Sudo before 1.9.12p2, the sudoedit (aka -e) feature mishandles extra arguments passed in the user-provided environment variables (SUDO_EDITOR, VISU...
CVE-2023-22809
First seen on SecPulse
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2023-22809 sudo Fixed in: 1.9.5p2-3+deb11u1
Original description The description as published by the source.
In Sudo before 1.9.12p2, the sudoedit (aka -e) feature mishandles extra arguments passed in the user-provided environment variables (SUDO_EDITOR, VISUAL, and EDITOR), allowing a local attacker to append arbitrary entries to the list of files to process. This can lead to privilege escalation. Affected versions are 1.8.0 through 1.9.12.p1. The problem exists because a user-specified editor may contain a "--" argument that defeats a protection mechanism, e.g., an EDITOR='vim -- /path/to/extra/file' value.
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory lists.fedoraproject.org
- advisory lists.fedoraproject.org
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory security.gentoo.org
- advisory security.netapp.com
- advisory debian.org
- advisory sudo.ws
- web packetstormsecurity.com
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