- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5321-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso January 18, 2023 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : sudo CVE ID : CVE-2023-22809 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 '--' to separate the editor and arguments from files to edit. A local user permitted to edit certain files can take advantage of this flaw to edit a file not permitted by the security policy, resulting in privilege escalation. Details can be found in the upstream advisory at https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/sudoedit_any/ . 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/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/ Mailing list: [email protected]
Debian: DSA-5321-1: sudo security update
January 18, 2023
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 '--' ...
Summary
Details can be found in the upstream advisory at
https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/sudoedit_any/ .
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/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/
Mailing list: [email protected]
Severity
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 '--' to separate the editor and
arguments from files to edit. A local user permitted to edit certain
files can take advantage of this flaw to edit a file not permitted by
the security policy, resulting in privilege escalation.
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