CVE-2004-1051 Affecting sudo package, versions [,1.6.8p2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-SUDO-2368632
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed1 Mar 2005
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 1 Mar 2005

CVE-2004-1051  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade sudo to version 1.6.8p2 or higher.

Overview

sudo before 1.6.8p2 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by using "()" style environment variables to create functions that have the same name as any program within the bash script that is called without using the program's full pathname.

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