Vulnerability in Todd Miller Sudo
CVE-2005-2959
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in sudo 1.6.8 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via the (1) SHELLOPTS and (2) PS4 environment variables before executing a bash script on behalf of another user, which are not cleared even though other variables are.
EPSS: 0.006 (46.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Todd_miller Sudo — versions 1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@debian.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- security@debian.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- security@debian.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- security@debian.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT, third-party-advisory)
- security@debian.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA)
- security@debian.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE)
- security@debian.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- security@debian.org (vendor-advisory, Patch, x_refsource_DEBIAN, Vendor Advisory)
- security@debian.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- security@debian.org (Patch, x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)