sudo — security advisory

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  "id": "749dbc671235d099e0e5b5da5a3d0e75c9fe3a8d49361029dabefbb8a7037c78",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-23239",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2021-23239",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-23239",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "sudo",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1.9.5-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "sudo",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1.9.5-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "sudo",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1.9.5-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "low",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
        "DEBIAN-CVE-2021-23239"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1.9.5-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "sudo",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/sudo?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-23239.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1.9.5-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "sudo",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/sudo?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-23239.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1.9.5-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "sudo",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/sudo?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-23239.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T18:03:36.812189197Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2021-23239"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-23239"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-23239",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 422001,
  "published_at": "2021-01-12T09:15:14.043+00:00"
}