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.
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Remediation
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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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 |
References
History
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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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Status : Modified
Published: 2005-12-11T02:03:00.000
Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627
Link: CVE-2005-4158
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN