FKIE_CVE-2006-0151
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-01-09 23:03 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:19
Severity
Summary
sudo 1.6.8 and other versions does not clear the PYTHONINSPECT environment variable, which allows limited local users to gain privileges via a Python script, a variant of CVE-2005-4158.
References
Impacted products
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