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CVE-2005-2959

Published: Oct 25, 2005 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/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-2005-2959
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
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_miller1.6.3p1 (including)1.6.3p1 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.3p2 (including)1.6.3p2 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.3p3 (including)1.6.3p3 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.3p4 (including)1.6.3p4 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.3p5 (including)1.6.3p5 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.3p6 (including)1.6.3p6 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.3p7 (including)1.6.3p7 (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_miller1.6.4p1 (including)1.6.4p1 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.4p2 (including)1.6.4p2 (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_miller1.6.5p1 (including)1.6.5p1 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.5p2 (including)1.6.5p2 (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)
SudoUbuntudapper*
SudoUbuntudevel*
SudoUbuntuedgy*
SudoUbuntufeisty*

References

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