vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-23239): Sudo vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Jan 11, 2021 | Jan 27, 2021 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Jan 11, 2021
Added
Jan 27, 2021
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
Description
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.
Solutions
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