CVE-2002-0043 Affecting sudo package, versions [1.6.3_p1,1.6.3]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-SUDO-2368626
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed31 Jan 2002
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 31 Jan 2002

CVE-2002-0043  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for sudo.

Overview

sudo 1.6.0 through 1.6.3p7 does not properly clear the environment before calling the mail program, which could allow local users to gain root privileges by modifying environment variables and changing how the mail program is invoked.

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