CVE-2006-0151

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.2 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2006-01-09

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Sudo (Todd Miller)
• Ubuntu Linux (Ubuntu)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/18358
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18363
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18549
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18558
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18906
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19016
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21692
• http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.421822
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-946
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:159
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_02_sr.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16184
• http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0010
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/235-2/