CVE-2021-23239

CVSS V2 Low 1.9 CVSS V3 Low 2.5
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-23239
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-01-12T09:15:14
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-11-09T04:12:06
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-59 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.8.32
cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.9.0 1.9.5
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_backup:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 1.9
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 2.5
  • Base Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1
  • Impact Score
  • 1.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2021-23239 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00007.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EE42Y35SMJOLONAIBNYNFC7J44UUZ2Y6/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GMY4VSSBIND7VAYSN6T7XIWJRWG4GBB3/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-33 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210129-0010/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.sudo.ws/stable.html#1.9.5 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23239
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-23239
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:23:50 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 19:47:00 2021-01-12T09:15Z 2021-01-12T09:15:14 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 19:47:00 2022-11-09T04:12:06 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 19:47:00 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated
2022-12-05 19:47:05 References updated