Access Restriction Bypass Affecting sudo package, versions <1.6.8p9-3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.35% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-SUDO-407029
  • published25 Oct 2005
  • disclosed25 Oct 2005

Introduced: 25 Oct 2005

CVE-2005-2959  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 sudo to version 1.6.8p9-3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream sudo package and not the sudo package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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