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| author |   GLSAMaker <glsamaker@gentoo.org> | 2023-05-03 09:53:34 +0000 |
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| committer |   Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> | 2023-05-03 10:54:23 +0100 |
| commit | 81c8110bb9b2773a088b16cce1850f93198cb68f (patch) | |
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| parent | [ GLSA 202305-11 ] Tor: Multiple Vulnerabilities (diff) | |
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[ GLSA 202305-12 ] sudo: Root Privilege Escalation
Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/891335
Signed-off-by: GLSAMaker <glsamaker@gentoo.org>
Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
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diff --git a/glsa-202305-12.xml b/glsa-202305-12.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4522165a --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-202305-12.xml @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="202305-12"> + <title>sudo: Root Privilege Escalation</title> + <synopsis>A vulnerability has been discovered in sudo which could result in root privilege escalation.</synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">sudo</product> + <announced>2023-05-03</announced> + <revised count="1">2023-05-03</revised> + <bug>891335</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="app-admin/sudo" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.9.12_p2</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.9.12_p2</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p>sudo allows a system administrator to give users the ability to run commands as other users.</p> + </background> + <description> + <p>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.</p> + </description> + <impact type="high"> + <p>The improper processing of user's environment variables could lead to the editing of arbitrary files as root, potentially leading to root privilege escalation.</p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p>All sudo users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> + + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/sudo-1.9.12_p2" + </code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22809">CVE-2023-22809</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2023-05-03T09:53:34.200622Z">ajak</metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2023-05-03T09:53:34.205155Z">sam</metadata> +</glsa>
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