gsd-2023-22809
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:20
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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CVE-2023-22809


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   GSD: {
      alias: "CVE-2023-22809",
      id: "GSD-2023-22809",
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         "https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-22809.html",
         "https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5321",
         "https://advisories.mageia.org/CVE-2023-22809.html",
         "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0280",
         "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0281",
         "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0282",
         "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0283",
         "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0284",
         "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0287",
         "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0291",
         "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0292",
         "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0293",
         "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0859",
         "https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-22809.html",
         "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-22809",
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         exploitCode: "unknown",
         remediation: "unknown",
         reportConfidence: "confirmed",
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         impact: {
            baseMetricV3: {
               cvssV3: {
                  attackComplexity: "LOW",
                  attackVector: "LOCAL",
                  availabilityImpact: "HIGH",
                  baseScore: 7.8,
                  baseSeverity: "HIGH",
                  confidentialityImpact: "HIGH",
                  integrityImpact: "HIGH",
                  privilegesRequired: "LOW",
                  scope: "UNCHANGED",
                  userInteraction: "NONE",
                  vectorString: "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                  version: "3.1",
               },
               exploitabilityScore: 1.8,
               impactScore: 5.9,
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         },
         lastModifiedDate: "2023-11-17T19:32Z",
         publishedDate: "2023-01-18T17:15Z",
      },
   },
}


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