CVE-2005-2959

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    CVE-2005-2959

    Published: 25 Oct 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in sudo 1.6.8 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via the (1) SHELLOPTS and (2) PS4 environment variables before executing a bash script on behalf of another user, which are not cleared even though other variables are.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/17318, http://secunia.com/advisories/17322, http://secunia.com/advisories/17345, http://secunia.com/advisories/17390, http://secunia.com/advisories/17666, http://secunia.com/advisories/18549, http://secunia.com/advisories/24479, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-870, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:201, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_02_sr.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9643, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15191, http://secunia.com/advisories/17390, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-870, http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html, http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2006.002-sudo.html, http://www.sudo.ws/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=182, http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html, https://usn.ubuntu.com/213-1/

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High