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
0.1% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-SUDO-407031
  • 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:unstable 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:unstable 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 Base Scores

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