Debian Security Advisory

DLA-3272-1 sudo -- LTS security update

Date Reported:
18 Jan 2023
Affected Packages:
sudo
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2023-22809.
More information:

Matthieu Barjole and Victor Cutillas discovered that sudoedit in sudo, a program designed to provide limited super user privileges to specific users, does not properly handle '--' to separate the editor and arguments from files to edit. A local user permitted to edit certain files can take advantage of this flaw to edit a file not permitted by the security policy, resulting in privilege escalation.

More information can be found at: https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/sudoedit_any/

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 1.8.27-1+deb10u5.

We recommend that you upgrade your sudo packages.

For the detailed security status of sudo please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/sudo

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS