PT-2005-4387 · Red Hat · Red Hat

Published 2005-12-31 · Updated 2017-10-11 · CVE-2005-3629

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4

Description The issue is related to the handling of certain environment variables by initscripts when /sbin/service is executed. This can be exploited by local users with sudo permissions for /sbin/service to gain root privileges.

Recommendations For Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4, consider restricting sudo permissions for /sbin/service to minimize the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, review and secure environment variables that may be used by /sbin/service until a more permanent solution is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-3629

RHSA-2006:0015

RHSA-2006:0016

RHSA-2006_0016

Affected Products

Red Hat

References · 12

• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0016.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015732 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19162 · Vendor Advisory
• ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060401-01-U · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0015.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3629 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/17038 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19532 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25374 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11198 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006:0016 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-3629 · Note