| Name | CVE-2015-5602 |
| Description | sudoedit in Sudo before 1.8.15 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a file whose full path is defined using multiple wildcards in /etc/sudoers, as demonstrated by "/home/*/*/file.txt." |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-382-1, DSA-3440-1 |
| NVD severity | high (attack range: local) |
| Debian Bugs | 804149 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| sudo (PTS) | jessie | 1.8.10p3-1+deb8u5 | fixed |
| jessie (security) | 1.8.10p3-1+deb8u4 | fixed | |
| stretch | 1.8.19p1-2.1 | fixed | |
| buster, sid | 1.8.23-2 | 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) | 1.8.15-1.1 | high | 804149 | |
| sudo | source | jessie | 1.8.10p3-1+deb8u3 | high | DSA-3440-1 | |
| sudo | source | squeeze | 1.7.4p4-2.squeeze.6 | high | DLA-382-1 | |
| sudo | source | wheezy | 1.8.5p2-1+nmu3+deb7u1 | high | DSA-3440-1 |
http://bugzilla.sudo.ws/show_bug.cgi?id=707
http://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/9636fd256325
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1277426
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sudo/+bug/1512781