Summary
Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-22809: In Sudo before 1.9.12p2, the sudoedit (aka -e) feature mishandles extra arguments passed in the user-provided environment variables (SUDO_EDITOR, VISUAL, and EDITOR), allowing a local attacker to append arbitrary entries to the list of files to process. This can lead to privilege escalation. Affected versions are 1.8.0 through 1.9.12.p1. The problem exists because a user-specified editor may contain a "--" argument that defeats a protection mechanism, e.g., an EDITOR='vim -- /path/to/extra/file' value.
Fixed packages 3
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux · 2 | sudo | 0:1.8.23-10.amzn2.3.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | sudo-debuginfo | 0:1.8.23-10.amzn2.3.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | sudo-devel | 0:1.8.23-10.amzn2.3.1 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.8
In Sudo before 1.9.12p2, the sudoedit (aka -e) feature mishandles extra arguments passed in the user-provided environme…
References
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web
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-22809.html