Summary
The sudoedit (aka -e) feature mishandles extra arguments passed in the user-provided environment variables (SUDO_EDITOR, VISUAL, and EDITOR), allowing a local attacker to append arbitrary entries to the list of files to process. This can lead to privilege escalation. The problem exists because a user-specified editor may contain a "--" argument that defeats a protection mechanism, e.g., an EDITOR='vim -- /path/to/extra/file' value.
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Products Potentially Affected
Impact Details
| OS/Product |
Exposure |
| Network OS |
No |
Repair Recommendations
None
Please see the full security advisory article here for more details.
