CVE-2006-0151

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    CVE-2006-0151

    Published: 9 Jan 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: sudo 1.6.8 and other versions does not clear the PYTHONINSPECT environment variable, which allows limited local users to gain privileges via a Python script, a variant of CVE-2005-4158.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/18358, http://secunia.com/advisories/18363, http://secunia.com/advisories/18549, http://secunia.com/advisories/18558, http://secunia.com/advisories/18906, http://secunia.com/advisories/19016, http://secunia.com/advisories/21692, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-946, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:159, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_02_sr.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16184, http://secunia.com/advisories/18363, http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.421822, http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0010, https://usn.ubuntu.com/235-2/

    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