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HistoryJan 18, 2023 - 12:00 a.m.

Sudo vulnerability

2023-01-1800:00:00
ubuntu.com
50

8.2 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

19.3%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

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)

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu16.04noarchsudo-ldap< 1.8.16-0ubuntu1.10+esm1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchsudo< 1.8.16-0ubuntu1.10UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchsudo-dbgsym< 1.8.16-0ubuntu1.10UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchsudo-ldap< 1.8.16-0ubuntu1.10UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchsudo-ldap-dbgsym< 1.8.16-0ubuntu1.10UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchsudo< 1.8.16-0ubuntu1.10+esm1UNKNOWN