Sudo before 1.6.8 p12, when the Perl taint flag is off, does not clear the (1) PERLLIB, (2) PERL5LIB, and (3) PERL5OPT environment variables, which allows limited local users to cause a Perl script to include and execute arbitrary library files that have the same name as library files that are included by the script.
Metrics
Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DSA |
DSA-946-1 | New sudo packages fix privilege escalation |
Debian DSA |
DSA-946-2 | New sudo packages fix privilege escalation |
EUVD |
EUVD-2005-4153 | Sudo before 1.6.8 p12, when the Perl taint flag is off, does not clear the (1) PERLLIB, (2) PERL5LIB, and (3) PERL5OPT environment variables, which allows limited local users to cause a Perl script to include and execute arbitrary library files that have the same name as library files that are included by the script. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-235-1 | sudo vulnerability |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-235-2 | sudo vulnerability |
Fixes
Solution
No solution given by the vendor.
Workaround
No workaround given by the vendor.
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T23:38:50.845Z
Reserved: 2005-12-11T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2005-4158
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2005-12-11T02:03:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-2005-4158
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN