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.
References
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https://www.synacktiv.com/sites/default/files/2023-01/sudo-CVE-2023-22809.pdf | Exploit Mitigation Technical Description Third Party Advisory |
https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/sudoedit_any/ | Exploit Mitigation Vendor Advisory |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00012.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5321 | Third Party Advisory |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/19/1 | Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2QDGFCGAV5QRJCE6IXRXIS4XJHS57DDH/ | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230127-0015/ | Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G4YNBTTKTRT2ME3NTSXAPTOKYUE47XHZ/ |
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Information
Published : 2023-01-18 09:15
Updated : 2023-02-04 21:15
NVD link : CVE-2023-22809
Mitre link : CVE-2023-22809
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CWE
CWE-269
Improper Privilege Management
Products Affected
debian
- debian_linux
sudo_project
- sudo
fedoraproject
- fedora