Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | New sudo packages fix local root exploit |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | DSA-101 | First vendor Publication | 2002-01-14 |
| Vendor | Debian | Last vendor Modification | 2002-01-14 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | 1 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 7.2 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 3.9 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| Sebastian Krahmer from SuSE found a vulnerability in sudo which could easily lead into a local root exploit. This problem has been fixed in upstream version 1.6.4 as well as in version 1.6.2p2-2.1 for the stable release of Debian GNU/Linux. We recommend that you upgrade your sudo packages immediately. wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below: apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 alias potato |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-101 |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 101-1 (sudo) File : nvt/deb_101_1.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 2025 | sudo Unclean Environment Variable Root Program Execution sudo 1.6.0 through 1.6.3p7 does not properly clear the environment before calling the mail program, which could allow local users to gain root privileges by modifying environment variables and changing how the mail program is invoked. |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2004-09-29 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-101.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2004-07-31 | Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update. File : mandrake_MDKSA-2002-003.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 11:25:34 |
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