MGASA-2021-0042 - Updated sudo packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 17 Jan 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0042.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2021-23239,
     CVE-2021-23240

The sudoedit personality of Sudo before 1.9.5 may allow a local unprivileged
user to perform arbitrary directory-existence tests by winning a sudo_edit.c
race condition in replacing a user-controlled directory by a symlink to an
arbitrary path. (CVE-2021-23239).

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. (CVE-2021-23240).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28067
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/11/2
- - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-23239
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-23240

SRPMS:
- 7/core/sudo-1.9.5-1.mga7

Mageia 2021-0042: sudo security update

The sudoedit personality of Sudo before 1.9.5 may allow a local unprivileged user to perform arbitrary directory-existence tests by winning a sudo_edit.c race condition in replacin...

Summary

The sudoedit personality of Sudo before 1.9.5 may allow a local unprivileged user to perform arbitrary directory-existence tests by winning a sudo_edit.c race condition in replacing a user-controlled directory by a symlink to an arbitrary path. (CVE-2021-23239).
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. (CVE-2021-23240).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28067

- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/11/2

- - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-23239

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-23240

Resolution

MGASA-2021-0042 - Updated sudo packages fix security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 7/core/sudo-1.9.5-1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 17 Jan 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0042.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2021-23239, CVE-2021-23240

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