vulnerability
CentOS Linux: CVE-2023-22809: Important: sudo security update (CESA-2023:0291)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | 01/18/2023 | 01/24/2023 | 01/28/2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
01/18/2023
Added
01/24/2023
Modified
01/28/2025
Description
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.
Solution(s)
centos-upgrade-sudocentos-upgrade-sudo-debuginfocentos-upgrade-sudo-devel
References
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