USN-5811-2: Sudo vulnerability

18 January 2023

Sudo could be made to possibly edit arbitrary files if it received a specially crafted input.

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Releases

Packages

  • sudo - Provide limited super user privileges to specific users

Details

USN-5811-1 fixed a vulnerability in Sudo. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Matthieu Barjole and Victor Cutillas discovered that Sudo incorrectly
handled user-specified editors when using the sudoedit command. A local
attacker that has permission to use the sudoedit command could possibly use
this issue to edit arbitrary files. (CVE-2023-22809)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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