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GHSA-7VX7-4R5W-MWXW

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-01 06:37 – Updated: 2025-04-03 04:24

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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.

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CVE-2006-0151 (GCVE-0-2006-0151)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-01-09 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 16:25

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.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

14 references

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http://secunia.com/advisories/18549	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/18558	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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http://secunia.com/advisories/18363	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16184	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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http://secunia.com/advisories/18906	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-946	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
https://usn.ubuntu.com/235-2/	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://secunia.com/advisories/21692	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

Date Public

2006-01-09 00:00

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