Executive Summary
Summary | |
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Title | sudo vulnerability |
Informations | |||
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Name | USN-235-2 | First vendor Publication | 2006-01-09 |
Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2006-01-09 |
Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
Cvss vector : N/A | |||
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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) | |||
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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
A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog) Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog) Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger) The following packages are affected: sudo The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 1.6.7p5-1ubuntu4.5 (for Ubuntu 4.10), 1.6.8p5-1ubuntu2.4 (for Ubuntu 5.04), or 1.6.8p9-2ubuntu2.3 (for Ubuntu 5.10). In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: USN-235-1 fixed a vulnerability in sudo's handling of environment variables. Tavis Ormandy noticed that sudo did not filter out the PYTHONINSPECT environment variable, so that users with the limited privilege of calling a python script with sudo could still escalate their privileges. For reference, this is the original advisory: Charles Morris discovered a privilege escalation vulnerability in This security update also filters out environment variables that can Please note that this does not affect the default Ubuntu |
Original Source
Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-235-2 |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
Date | Description |
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2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 946-1 (sudo) File : nvt/deb_946_1.nasl |
2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 946-2 (sudo) File : nvt/deb_946_2.nasl |
0000-00-00 | Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2006-045-08 sudo File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2006_045_08.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
Id | Description |
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20764 | Sudo PERL5OPT Environment Cleaning Multiple Variable Privilege Escalation Sudo contain a flaw that may allow a malicious user to gain access to unauthorized privileges. The issue is triggered when a user is able to run perl scripts via Sudo, and the perl scripts to not have the taint flag (-T). This flaw may lead to a loss of integrity. |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
Date | Description |
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2006-12-16 | Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update. File : mandrake_MDKSA-2006-159.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2006-10-14 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-946.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2006-02-15 | Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update. File : Slackware_SSA_2006-045-08.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2006-01-21 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-235-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2006-01-15 | Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update. File : mandrake_MDKSA-2005-234.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
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