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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.705321
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-5321-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'sudo' package(s) announced via the DSA-5321-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'sudo' package(s) announced via the DSA-5321-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
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.

Details can be found in the upstream advisory at [link moved to references] .

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 1.9.5p2-3+deb11u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your sudo packages.

For the detailed security status of sudo please refer to its security tracker page at: [link moved to references]

Affected Software/OS:
'sudo' package(s) on Debian 11.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-22809
Debian Security Information: DSA-5321 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5321
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G4YNBTTKTRT2ME3NTSXAPTOKYUE47XHZ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2QDGFCGAV5QRJCE6IXRXIS4XJHS57DDH/
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Aug/21
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-12
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171644/sudo-1.9.12p1-Privilege-Escalation.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172509/Sudoedit-Extra-Arguments-Privilege-Escalation.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174234/Cisco-ThousandEyes-Enterprise-Agent-Virtual-Appliance-Arbitrary-File-Modification.html
https://www.synacktiv.com/sites/default/files/2023-01/sudo-CVE-2023-22809.pdf
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00012.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/19/1
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