Description
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.
Published: 2005-12-11
Score: 4.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-946-1 New sudo packages fix privilege escalation
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-946-2 New sudo packages fix privilege escalation
EUVD 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 Ubuntu USN USN-235-1 sudo vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-235-2 sudo vulnerability
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Todd Miller Sudo
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:38:50.845Z

Reserved: 2005-12-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-4158

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-12-11T02:03:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-4158

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2004-11-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2005-4158 - Bugzilla

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