USN-5811-1: sudo Ubuntu

CVSS: UnknownPublished
Published 18-01-2023Last modified 27-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

USN-5811-1 is a vulnerability in sudo Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
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010
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KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 2 · Downstream 0 · Related 2
CVE-2022-33070CVE-2023-22809

Timeline

  1. 18-01-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 27-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

sudo vulnerabilities Matthieu Barjole and Victor Cutillas discovered that Sudo incorrectly handled user-specified editors when using the sudoedit command. A local attacker that has permission to use the sudoedit command could possibly use this issue to edit arbitrary files. (CVE-2023-22809) It was discovered that the Protobuf-c library, used by Sudo, incorrectly handled certain arithmetic shifts. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Sudo to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-33070)

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Public exploits

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Weaknesses

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Affected systems

Ubuntu1 product
  • sudo< 1.8.21p2-3ubuntu1.5 | < 1.8.31-1ubuntu1.4 | < 1.9.9-1ubuntu2.2

1 vendor · 1 product

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