UBUNTU-CVE-2023-46277

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-46277
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-46277.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-46277
Upstream
Published
2023-10-20T05:15:00Z
Modified
2025-10-10T15:12:39Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - high
Summary
[none]
Details

please (aka pleaser) through 0.5.4 allows privilege escalation through the TIOCSTI and/or TIOCLINUX ioctl. (If both TIOCSTI and TIOCLINUX are disabled, this cannot be exploited.)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / rust-pleaser

Package

Name
rust-pleaser
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rust-pleaser@0.5.1-4ubuntu0.22.04.1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.4.1-2ubuntu1
0.5.1-1
0.5.1-3
0.5.1-4
0.5.1-4ubuntu0.22.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "librust-pleaser-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.5.1-4ubuntu0.22.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pleaser",
            "binary_version": "0.5.1-4ubuntu0.22.04.1"
        }
    ],
    "priority_reason": "Local privilege escalation"
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / rust-pleaser

Package

Name
rust-pleaser
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rust-pleaser@0.5.5-1?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.5.3-2
0.5.4-1
0.5.5-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "librust-pleaser-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.5.5-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pleaser",
            "binary_version": "0.5.5-1"
        }
    ],
    "priority_reason": "Local privilege escalation"
}

Ubuntu:25.10 / rust-pleaser

Package

Name
rust-pleaser
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rust-pleaser@0.5.6-1?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.5.6-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "librust-pleaser-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.5.6-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pleaser",
            "binary_version": "0.5.6-1"
        }
    ],
    "priority_reason": "Local privilege escalation"
}

Ubuntu:25.04 / rust-pleaser

Package

Name
rust-pleaser
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rust-pleaser@0.5.6-1?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.5.6-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "librust-pleaser-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.5.6-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pleaser",
            "binary_version": "0.5.6-1"
        }
    ],
    "priority_reason": "Local privilege escalation"
}