CVE-2023-22809

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.

Link	Resource
https://www.synacktiv.com/sites/default/files/2023-01/sudo-CVE-2023-22809.pdf	Exploit Mitigation
https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/sudoedit_any/	Exploit Mitigation
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
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/

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:1.9.12:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:1.9.12:p1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Published : 2023-01-18 05:15

Updated : 2023-02-05 05:15

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NVD link : CVE-2023-22809

Mitre link : CVE-2023-22809

Fedora

Fedoraproject

CWE-269