CVE-2021-23239

CVE Details

Release Date:	2021-01-12
Impact:	None	What is this?

Description

The sudoedit personality of Sudo before 1.9.5 may allow a local unprivileged user to perform arbitrary directory-existence tests by winning a sudo_edit.c race condition in replacing a user-controlled directory by a symlink to an arbitrary path.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score:	2.5
Vector String:	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Version:	3.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	High
Privileges Required:	Low
User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact:	Low
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 8 (sudo)	ELSA-2021-1723	2021-05-25