CVE-2010-1646

Public Exploit

Description

The secure path feature in env.c in sudo 1.3.1 through 1.6.9p22 and 1.7.0 through 1.7.2p6 does not properly handle an environment that contains multiple PATH variables, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted value of the last PATH variable.

Category

6.2
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.08%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory sudo.ws
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.osvdb.org/65083 vdb entry
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043012.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068 third party advisory
http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/secure_path.html vendor advisory
http://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/3057fde43cf0 patch exploit
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10580 vdb entry signature
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:118 vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/40188 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40002 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40215 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514489/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024101 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40538 vdb entry
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043026.html vendor advisory
http://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/a09c6812eaec patch exploit
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2062 vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042838.html vendor advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0075
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201009-03.xml vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1478 vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0475.html vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7338 vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/40508 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1518 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1519 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1452 vdb entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598154

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-1646?
CVE-2010-1646 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-1646?
To fix CVE-2010-1646, 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-2010-1646 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-1646 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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