Improper Privilege Management Affecting sudo-python-plugin package, versions <0:1.9.5p2-7.el9_1.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
55.37% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY9-SUDOPYTHONPLUGIN-3267500
  • published3 Feb 2023
  • disclosed18 Jan 2023

Introduced: 18 Jan 2023

CVE-2023-22809  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-269  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:9 sudo-python-plugin to version 0:1.9.5p2-7.el9_1.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2023:0282.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream sudo-python-plugin package and not the sudo-python-plugin package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

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