Description
sudo 1.6.8 and other versions does not clear the PYTHONINSPECT environment variable, which allows limited local users to gain privileges via a Python script, a variant of CVE-2005-4158.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0010 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18549 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18558 ↗
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.421822 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18363 ↗
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_02_sr.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18358 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16184 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19016 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18906 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-946 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:159 ↗
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/235-2/ ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21692 ↗