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CVE-2021-23240

Published: Jan 12, 2021

Modified: Aug 3, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2021-23240

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https://www.sudo.ws/stable.html#1.9.5

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FEDORA-2021-324479472c

vendor-advisory

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FEDORA-2021-234d14bfcc

vendor-advisory

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vendor-advisory

x_refsource_GENTOO

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210129-0010/

x_refsource_CONFIRM

[bookkeeper-issues] 20210628 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8

mailing-list

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[bookkeeper-issues] 20210629 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8

mailing-list

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