CVE-2005-2959

Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

4.6
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.10%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://www.sudo.ws/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=182
http://secunia.com/advisories/17666 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18549 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:201 vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html vendor advisory
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-870 patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17322 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17390 patch vendor advisory third party advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_02_sr.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15191 vdb entry exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/17345 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17318 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/213-1/ vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9643 vendor advisory
http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2006.002-sudo.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24479 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-2959?
CVE-2005-2959 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-2959?
To fix CVE-2005-2959, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-2959 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2005-2959 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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