CVE - CVE-2005-2959

CVE-ID
CVE-2005-2959	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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CONFIRM:http://www.sudo.ws/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=182 CONFIRM:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214 APPLE:APPLE-SA-2007-03-13 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html DEBIAN:DSA-870 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-870 MANDRIVA:MDKSA-2005:201 URL:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:201 OPENPKG:OpenPKG-SA-2006.002 URL:http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2006.002-sudo.html SUSE:SUSE-SR:2005:025 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9643 SUSE:SUSE-SR:2006:002 URL:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_02_sr.html UBUNTU:USN-213-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/213-1/ CERT:TA07-072A URL:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html BID:15191 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15191 VUPEN:ADV-2007-0930 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930 SECUNIA:17390 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/17390 SECUNIA:17318 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/17318 SECUNIA:17322 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/17322 SECUNIA:17345 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/17345 SECUNIA:17666 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/17666 SECUNIA:18549 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/18549 SECUNIA:24479 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/24479
Assigning CNA
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Date Entry Created
20050919	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20050919)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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