debian · CVE-2015-5602

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Priority: not yet assigned Published: Updated: Sun, 21 Jun 2026 09:19:14 GMT

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CVE-2015-5602 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (sudo), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

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."

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