CVE-2005-2959 (GCVE-0-2005-2959)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-10-25 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 22:53
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
debian CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard – unranked: 2 records in the last 180 days, 10 needed details
References
URL Tags
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http://secunia.com/advisories/17666 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-870 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
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http://secunia.com/advisories/17390 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2006.0… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENPKG
http://secunia.com/advisories/24479 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2005-10-25 00:00
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