Debian: DLA-3181-1 Moderate: Sudo Race Condition Information Disclosure
debian lts
November 7, 2022
It was discovered that there was a information disclosure utility in sudo, a tool used to provide limited superuser privileges to specific users
Topics Covered
Summary
A local unprivileged user may have been able to perform arbitrary
directory-existence tests by exploiting a race condition in sudoedit.
For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version
1.8.27-1+deb10u4.
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 LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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Package: sudo
Version: 1.8.27-1+deb10u4
CVE ID: CVE-2021-23239
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