high7.8
CVE-2021-23240
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 tempor…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Sudo Project | Sudo | before 1.8.32 from 1.9.0 before 1.9.5 |
| Netapp | Hci Management Node | All versions |
| Netapp | Solidfire | All versions |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | Versions 32, 33 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2021-23240
- 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/202101-33
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210129-0010/
- https://www.sudo.ws/stable.html#1.9.5
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2021-23240
- 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/202101-33
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210129-0010/
- https://www.sudo.ws/stable.html#1.9.5