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OL CVE Issue Summary:
selinux_edit_copy_tfiles in sudoedit in Sudo before 1.9.5 allows a local unprivileged user to gain file ownership and escalate privileges by replacing a temporary file with a symlink to an arbitrary file target. This affects SELinux RBAC support in permissive mode. Machines without SELinux are not vulnerable.
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OL CVE Issue Summary:
Malformed data in a terminfo database file can trigger security-relevant memory corruption when ncurses is used by a setuid application. Local users can exploit this flaw via terminfo databases found in $HOME/.terminfo or reached via the TERMINFO or TERM environment variable.
OL CVE Issue Summary:
Web cache poisoning via urllib.parse.parse_qsl and parse_qs. Attackers can use semicolons (;) in query parameters (parameter cloaking) to cause proxies and servers to interpret requests differently, potentially allowing malicious requests to be cached as safe ones.
