CVE-2005-2959

Published Oct 25, 2005 CVSS 2.0 · 4.6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-870-1 New sudo packages fix arbitrary command execution
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-2959 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-213-1 sudo vulnerability
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
debian
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 10:53 PM
Reserved
Sep 19, 2005, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 25, 2005, 4:02 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:15 PM