CVE-2006-0151

Summary

CVECVE-2006-0151
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-01-09 23:03:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-03 21:34:00 UTC
Descriptionsudo 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.5.6 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.5.7 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.5.8 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.5.9 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p3 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p4 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p5 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p6 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p7 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.4 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.4_p1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.4_p2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.5 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.5_p1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.5_p2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.6 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.7 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.7_p5 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8_p1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8_p12 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8_p2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8_p5 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8_p7 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8_p8 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8_p9 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.5.6 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.5.7 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.5.8 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.5.9 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p3 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p4 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p5 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p6 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p7 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.4 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.4_p1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.4_p2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.5 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.5_p1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.5_p2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.6 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.7 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.7_p5 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8_p1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8_p12 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8_p2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8_p5 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8_p7 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8_p8 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8_p9 All All All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 All ia64 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 All ppc All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.04 All amd64 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.04 All i386 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.04 All powerpc All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 All amd64 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 All i386 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 All powerpc All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 All ia64 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 All ppc All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.04 All amd64 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.04 All i386 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.04 All powerpc All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 All amd64 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 All i386 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 All powerpc All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-235-2: sudo vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Slackware update for sudo - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
SUSE update for multiple packages - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Mandriva update for sudo - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Sudo Python Environment Cleaning Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories SLACKWARE slackware.com
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
2006-0010 TRUSTIX www.trustix.org
Sudo Python Environment Variable Handling Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit
Trustix update for sudo / tar - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Ubuntu update for sudo - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian update for sudo - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-946-2 sudo DEBIAN www.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2008-01-24Mark J CoxWe do not consider this to be a security issue. http:bugzilla.redhat.combugzillashow_bug.cgi?id=139478#c1
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