CVE-2010-1646

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    CVE-2010-1646

    Published: 7 Jun 2010Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The secure path feature in env.c in sudo 1.3.1 through 1.6.9p22 and 1.7.0 through 1.7.2p6 does not properly handle an environment that contains multiple PATH variables, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted value of the last PATH variable.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/40002, http://secunia.com/advisories/40188, http://secunia.com/advisories/40215, http://secunia.com/advisories/40508, http://secunia.com/advisories/43068, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201009-03.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2062, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:118, http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/secure_path.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1452, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1478, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1518, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1519, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212, http://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/3057fde43cf0, http://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/a09c6812eaec, http://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/3057fde43cf0, http://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/a09c6812eaec, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598154, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042838.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043012.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043026.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html, http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0075, http://www.osvdb.org/65083, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0475.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514489/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40538, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024101, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10580, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7338

    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