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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2015-5602 EUVD-2015-5556GHSA-cxqf-2pgv-vx9p

sudoedit in Sudo before 1.8.15 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a file whose full path is defined using multip…

Published Nov 17, 2015 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Package: sudo Package: sudo Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

sudoedit in Sudo before 1.8.15 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a file whose full path is defined using multiple wildcards in /etc/sudoers, as demonstrated by "/home/*/*/file.txt."

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 sudo 1.8.15-1.1 —
Debian 13 sudo 1.8.15-1.1 —
Debian 12 sudo 1.8.15-1.1 —
Debian 8 sudo 1.8.10p3-1+deb8u3 DSA-3440-1
Debian 7 sudo 1.8.5p2-1+nmu3+deb7u1 DSA-3440-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 6.0 sudo 1.7.4p4-2.squeeze.6 DLA-382-1

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS sudo No fix yet —

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

GitHub 2 repositories

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Advisories 2

References