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DEBIAN-CVE-2004-1689 - debian/sudo

sudoedit (aka sudo -e) in sudo 1.6.8 opens a temporary file with root privileges, which allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the temporary file before quitting sudoedit.

Evidence
  • imported from OSV Debian, untriaged
History
  • 2026-10-28: Awaiting approval - bulk import
  • 2026-10-29: Awaiting triage - reclassified: OSV Debian bulk import, awaiting triage