CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2002-0043

Published: Jan 31, 2002 | Modified: May 03, 2018
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

sudo 1.6.0 through 1.6.3p7 does not properly clear the environment before calling the mail program, which could allow local users to gain root privileges by modifying environment variables and changing how the mail program is invoked.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Sudo Todd_miller 1.6 (including) 1.6 (including)
Sudo Todd_miller 1.6.1 (including) 1.6.1 (including)
Sudo Todd_miller 1.6.2 (including) 1.6.2 (including)
Sudo Todd_miller 1.6.3 (including) 1.6.3 (including)
Sudo Todd_miller 1.6.3_p1 (including) 1.6.3_p1 (including)
Sudo Todd_miller 1.6.3_p2 (including) 1.6.3_p2 (including)
Sudo Todd_miller 1.6.3_p3 (including) 1.6.3_p3 (including)
Sudo Todd_miller 1.6.3_p4 (including) 1.6.3_p4 (including)
Sudo Todd_miller 1.6.3_p5 (including) 1.6.3_p5 (including)
Sudo Todd_miller 1.6.3_p6 (including) 1.6.3_p6 (including)
Sudo Todd_miller 1.6.3_p7 (including) 1.6.3_p7 (including)

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