medium
4.6
CWE
264
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2005-2959

First published: Tue Oct 25 2005(Updated: )

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.

Credit: security@debian.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Sudo=1.6.3p1
Sudo=1.6.3_p6
Sudo=1.6.3p3
Sudo=1.6.6
Sudo=1.6.3p2
Sudo=1.6.3
Sudo=1.6.4_p2
Sudo=1.6.1
Sudo=1.6.3_p5
Sudo=1.6.2
Sudo=1.6.8
Sudo=1.6.4_p1
Sudo=1.6.3_p2
Sudo=1.6.3_p4
Sudo=1.6.5_p2
Sudo=1.6.4p1
Sudo=1.6.5p2
Sudo=1.6.5
Sudo=1.6.3_p3
Sudo=1.6.5_p1
Sudo=1.6.3p4
Sudo=1.6.3p6
Sudo=1.6.3p7
Sudo=1.6.3_p7
Sudo=1.6
Sudo=1.6.4
Sudo=1.6.7
Sudo=1.6.3p5
Sudo=1.6.3_p1
Sudo=1.6.4p2
Sudo=1.6.5p1
Sudo=1.6.7_p5

Remedy

http://secunia.com/advisories/17390

Remedy

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-870

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the severity of CVE-2005-2959?

    CVE-2005-2959 is considered a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential to allow local users to escalate privileges.

  • How do I fix CVE-2005-2959?

    To fix CVE-2005-2959, you should upgrade to a version of sudo later than 1.6.8 that addresses this vulnerability.

  • What versions of sudo are affected by CVE-2005-2959?

    CVE-2005-2959 affects sudo versions 1.6.8 and earlier.

  • What causes the vulnerability in CVE-2005-2959?

    The vulnerability is caused by an incomplete blacklist in sudo that allows certain environment variables to remain set during script execution.

  • Is CVE-2005-2959 still a threat today?

    While CVE-2005-2959 primarily affects older versions of sudo, it remains a potential threat for systems that have not been updated.

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