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.
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DSA-870-1 | New sudo packages fix arbitrary command execution |
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EUVD-2005-2959 | 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. |
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USN-213-1 | sudo vulnerability |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: debian
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T22:53:29.364Z
Reserved: 2005-09-19T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2005-2959

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2005-10-25T16:02:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-2005-2959

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