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CVE-2021-23240
high 7.8
selinux_edit_copy_tfiles in sudoedit in Sudo before 1.9.5 allows a local unprivileged user to gain file ownership and escalate privileges by replacing a temporary file with a symlink to an arbitrary file target. This affects SELinux RBAC support in permissive mode. Machines without SELinux are not vulnerable.
Details
- Status
- Modified
- Published
- Last changed
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- Weakness
- CWE-59
Severity
| Version | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | high 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
nvd@nist.govPrimary |
| CVSS 2.0 | medium 4.4 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
nvd@nist.govPrimary |
Affected products
Vendor and product from the NVD’s CPE applicability statements. Versions and conditions are on the NVD’s page.
- sudo_project · sudo
- netapp · hci_management_node
- netapp · solidfire
- fedoraproject · fedora
References
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2021-23240ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EE42Y35SMJOLONAIBNYNFC7J44UUZ2Y6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GMY4VSSBIND7VAYSN6T7XIWJRWG4GBB3/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-33Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210129-0010/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.sudo.ws/stable.html#1.9.5Release NotesVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2021-23240ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EE42Y35SMJOLONAIBNYNFC7J44UUZ2Y6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GMY4VSSBIND7VAYSN6T7XIWJRWG4GBB3/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-33Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210129-0010/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.sudo.ws/stable.html#1.9.5Release NotesVendor Advisory