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CVE-2005-1993

Published: Jun 20, 2005 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
3.7 LOW
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1993
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

Race condition in sudo 1.3.1 up to 1.6.8p8, when the ALL pseudo-command is used after a user entry in the sudoers file, allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
SudoTodd_miller1.3.1 (including)1.3.1 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.5.6 (including)1.5.6 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.5.7 (including)1.5.7 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.5.8 (including)1.5.8 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.5.9 (including)1.5.9 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6 (including)1.6 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.1 (including)1.6.1 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.2 (including)1.6.2 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.3 (including)1.6.3 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.3_p1 (including)1.6.3_p1 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.3_p2 (including)1.6.3_p2 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.3_p3 (including)1.6.3_p3 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.3_p4 (including)1.6.3_p4 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.3_p5 (including)1.6.3_p5 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.3_p6 (including)1.6.3_p6 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.3_p7 (including)1.6.3_p7 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.4 (including)1.6.4 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.4_p1 (including)1.6.4_p1 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.4_p2 (including)1.6.4_p2 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.5 (including)1.6.5 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.5_p1 (including)1.6.5_p1 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.5_p2 (including)1.6.5_p2 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.6 (including)1.6.6 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.7 (including)1.6.7 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.7_p5 (including)1.6.7_p5 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.8 (including)1.6.8 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.8_p1 (including)1.6.8_p1 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.8_p7 (including)1.6.8_p7 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.8_p8 (including)1.6.8_p8 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3RedHatsudo-0:1.6.7p5-1.1*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatsudo-0:1.6.7p5-30.1.1*
SudoUbuntudapper*
SudoUbuntudevel*
SudoUbuntuedgy*
SudoUbuntufeisty*

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