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Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 07:31:11 -0700
From: "Todd C. Miller" <Todd.Miller@...lert.dev>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: sudo: double free with per-command chroot sudoers rules
A flaw exists in sudo's per-command chroot feature that could result
in the variable that stores the command being freed more than once.
I believe this is a fairly low-impact bug as the per-command chroot
feature is not widely used. The bug was caught by glibc's double-free
detection while I was performing some chroot-related testing. No
one else has reported the bug which leads me to believe it probably
has not been encountered in the wild.
Sudo versions affected:
Sudo versions 1.9.8 through 1.9.13p1 inclusive are affected.
Versions of sudo prior to 1.9.8 are not affected.
Details:
Starting with Sudo 1.9.3, it is possible to specify an alternate
root directory that sudo will change to before executing the
command. For example:
someuser ALL = CHROOT=/var/www /bin/sh
will result in /bin/sh being run inside the chroot jail /var/www
when the specific user runs "sudo sh".
Sudo 1.9.8 included a fix for a memory leak in the set_cmnd_path()
function which can result in the "user_cmnd" variable being
freed twice, but only when processing a sudoers rule that
contains a "CHROOT" setting. This does not affect the "chroot"
Defaults setting. Only a per-rule "CHROOT" setting will trigger
the bug.
Impact:
The bug can only be triggered by a user that has been granted
sudo privileges using a sudoers rule that contain a "CHROOT"
setting and the rule must match the current host. If no users
have sudoers rules containing "CHROOT" there is no impact. This
feature is not commonly used.
Workaround:
Remove rules from the sudoers file than contain a "CHROOT"
setting if using an affected version of sudo.
Fix:
The bug is fixed in sudo 1.9.13p2.
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