CVE-2006-0151 Affecting sudo package, versions [1.6.3_p1,1.6.8]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-SUDO-2368627
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed9 Jan 2006
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Jan 2006

CVE-2006-0151  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for sudo.

Overview

sudo 1.6.8 and other versions does not clear the PYTHONINSPECT environment variable, which allows limited local users to gain privileges via a Python script, a variant of CVE-2005-4158.

References

CVSS Scores

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