PT-2005-3804 · Sudo · Sudo

Tavis Ormandy · Published 2005-10-25 · Updated 2018-10-03 · CVE-2005-2959

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions sudo versions 1.6.8 and earlier

Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges via the SHELLOPTS and PS4 environment variables before executing a bash script on behalf of another user. These variables are not cleared, even though other variables are.

Recommendations For sudo versions 1.6.8 and earlier, consider clearing the SHELLOPTS and PS4 environment variables before executing a bash script on behalf of another user as a temporary workaround.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-2959

DSA-870-1

Affected Products

Sudo

References · 23

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/15191 · Exploit
• http://debian.org/security/2005/dsa-870 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17390 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2959 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17666 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17322 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17345 · Vendor Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/213-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/advisories/9643 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24479 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18549 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2959 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-2959 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930 · Vendor Advisory