CVE-2023-22809

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-22809
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-01-18 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-17 19:32:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-269

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Macos All All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 11.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 36 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 37 All All All
Application Sudo Project Sudo All All All All
Application Sudo Project Sudo 1.9.12 - All All
Application Sudo Project Sudo 1.9.12 p1 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 3272-1] sudo security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: sudo-1.9.12-1.p2.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE-2023-22809 Sudo Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
Sudoedit can edit arbitrary files | Sudo CONFIRM www.sudo.ws
sudo 1.9.12p1 Privilege Escalation ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
oss-security - CVE-2023-22809: Sudoedit can edit arbitrary files MLIST www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: sudo-1.9.12-2.p2.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: sudo-1.9.12-1.p2.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
sudo: Root Privilege Escalation (GLSA 202305-12) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Sudoedit Extra Arguments Privilege Escalation ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: sudo-1.9.12-2.p2.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Cisco ThousandEyes Enterprise Agent Virtual Appliance Arbitrary File Modification ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
www.synacktiv.com/sites/default/files/2023-01/sudo-CVE-2023-22809.pdf MISC www.synacktiv.com
About the security content of macOS Ventura 13.4 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com
Full Disclosure: KL-001-2023-003: Cisco ThousandEyes Enterprise Agent Virtual Appliance Arbitrary File Modification via sudoedit FULLDISC seclists.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5321-1 sudo DEBIAN www.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 160406 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for sudo (ELSA-2023-0284)
  • 160407 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for sudo (ELSA-2023-0282)
  • 160409 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for sudo (ELSA-2023-0291)
  • 160480 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for sudo (ELSA-2023-12143)
  • 181480 Debian Security Update for sudo (DLA 3272-1)
  • 181482 Debian Security Update for sudo (DSA 5321-1)
  • 182156 Debian Security Update for sudo (CVE-2023-22809)
  • 199112 Ubuntu Security Notification for Sudo Vulnerabilities (USN-5811-1)
  • 199475 Ubuntu Security Notification for Sudo Vulnerability (USN-5811-3)
  • 199526 Ubuntu Security Notification for Sudo Vulnerability (USN-5811-2)
  • 241081 Red Hat Update for sudo (RHSA-2023:0284)
  • 241082 Red Hat Update for sudo (RHSA-2023:0291)
  • 241083 Red Hat Update for sudo (RHSA-2023:0282)
  • 241086 Red Hat Update for sudo (RHSA-2023:0283)
  • 241088 Red Hat Update for sudo (RHSA-2023:0281)
  • 241102 Red Hat Update for sudo (RHSA-2023:0293)
  • 241599 Red Hat Update for sudo (RHSA-2023:0292)
  • 241626 Red Hat Update for sudo (RHSA-2023:3276)
  • 241669 Red Hat Update for sudo (RHSA-2023:0280)
  • 257216 CentOS Security Update for sudo (CESA-2023:0291)
  • 283623 Fedora Security Update for sudo (FEDORA-2023-9078f609e6)
  • 283684 Fedora Security Update for sudo (FEDORA-2023-298c136eee)
  • 354717 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for sudo : ALAS-2023-1682
  • 354795 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for sudo : ALAS2-2023-1985
  • 355060 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for sudo : AL2012-2023-384
  • 355189 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for sudo : ALAS2023-2023-106
  • 377949 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for sudo (ALINUX2-SA-2023:0004)
  • 377956 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for sudo (ALINUX3-SA-2023:0010)
  • 390274 Oracle VM Server for x86 Security Update for sudo (OVMSA-2023-0003)
  • 502641 Alpine Linux Security Update for sudo
  • 672748 EulerOS Security Update for sudo (EulerOS-SA-2023-1484)
  • 672782 EulerOS Security Update for sudo (EulerOS-SA-2023-1459)
  • 672812 EulerOS Security Update for sudo (EulerOS-SA-2023-1541)
  • 672824 EulerOS Security Update for sudo (EulerOS-SA-2023-1566)
  • 672873 EulerOS Security Update for sudo (EulerOS-SA-2023-1611)
  • 672909 EulerOS Security Update for sudo (EulerOS-SA-2023-1770)
  • 672957 EulerOS Security Update for sudo (EulerOS-SA-2023-1792)
  • 673067 EulerOS Security Update for sudo (EulerOS-SA-2023-2173)
  • 710720 Gentoo Linux sudo Root Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (GLSA 202305-12)
  • 753539 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for sudo (SUSE-SU-2023:0101-1)
  • 753544 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for sudo (SUSE-SU-2023:0115-1)
  • 753545 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for sudo (SUSE-SU-2023:0114-1)
  • 753548 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for sudo (SUSE-SU-2023:0116-1)
  • 753551 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for sudo (SUSE-SU-2023:0117-1)
  • 905272 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for sudo (13022)
  • 905278 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for sudo (13030)
  • 905610 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for sudo (13030-1)
  • 905669 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for sudo (13022-1)
  • 906607 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for sudo (13022-3)
  • 906679 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for sudo (13030-3)
  • 940889 AlmaLinux Security Update for sudo (ALSA-2023:0284)
  • 940892 AlmaLinux Security Update for sudo (ALSA-2023:0282)
  • 960526 Rocky Linux Security Update for sudo (RLSA-2023:0282)
  • 960581 Rocky Linux Security Update for sudo (RLSA-2023:0284)
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