ghsa-3vwp-294x-6v9c
Vulnerability from github
Published
2023-01-18 18:30
Modified
2023-01-26 18:30
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

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.

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{
   affected: [],
   aliases: [
      "CVE-2023-22809",
   ],
   database_specific: {
      cwe_ids: [
         "CWE-269",
      ],
      github_reviewed: false,
      github_reviewed_at: null,
      nvd_published_at: "2023-01-18T17:15:00Z",
      severity: "HIGH",
   },
   details: "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.",
   id: "GHSA-3vwp-294x-6v9c",
   modified: "2023-01-26T18:30:47Z",
   published: "2023-01-18T18:30:16Z",
   references: [
      {
         type: "ADVISORY",
         url: "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22809",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00012.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2QDGFCGAV5QRJCE6IXRXIS4XJHS57DDH",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G4YNBTTKTRT2ME3NTSXAPTOKYUE47XHZ",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2QDGFCGAV5QRJCE6IXRXIS4XJHS57DDH",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G4YNBTTKTRT2ME3NTSXAPTOKYUE47XHZ",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-12",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230127-0015",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213758",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5321",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/sudoedit_any",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://www.synacktiv.com/sites/default/files/2023-01/sudo-CVE-2023-22809.pdf",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171644/sudo-1.9.12p1-Privilege-Escalation.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172509/Sudoedit-Extra-Arguments-Privilege-Escalation.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174234/Cisco-ThousandEyes-Enterprise-Agent-Virtual-Appliance-Arbitrary-File-Modification.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Aug/21",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/19/1",
      },
   ],
   schema_version: "1.4.0",
   severity: [
      {
         score: "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
         type: "CVSS_V3",
      },
   ],
}


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