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CVE-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 environ

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Summary

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.

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Affected versions

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    Version range not reported

References 19

sudo.ws

secunia.com

us-cert.gov

mandriva.com

lists.apple.com

docs.info.apple.com

debian.org

novell.com

securityfocus.com

vupen.com

usn.ubuntu.com

openpkg.org