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Debian 11 DSA-5321-1 Moderate: Sudo Privilege Escalation Issue

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Calendar Grey January 18, 2023
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The recent Debian security announcement DSA-5321-1 addresses a critical privilege escalation vulnerability linked to improperly managed editor parameters.
Matthieu Barjole and Victor Cutillas discovered that sudoedit in sudo, a program designed to provide limited super user privileges to specific users, does not properly handle '--' ...
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Summary

Details can be found in the upstream advisory at
.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.9.5p2-3+deb11u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your sudo packages.

For the detailed security status of sudo please refer to its security
tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/sudo

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: sudo
CVE ID: CVE-2023-22809

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security advisory security update debian privilege escalation moderate severity sudo local attack

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