CVE-2004-1689

Name	CVE-2004-1689
Description	sudoedit (aka sudo -e) in sudo 1.6.8 opens a temporary file with root privileges, which allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the temporary file before quitting sudoedit.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
sudo (PTS)	buster	1.8.27-1+deb10u3	fixed
	buster (security)	1.8.27-1+deb10u5	fixed
	bullseye (security), bullseye	1.9.5p2-3+deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm, sid	1.9.13p3-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
sudo	source	(unstable)	1.6.8p3-1