CVE-2005-2959

NameCVE-2005-2959
DescriptionIncomplete 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-870-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
sudo (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1.8.10p3-1+deb8u9fixed
stretch (security)1.8.19p1-2.1+deb9u3fixed
stretch (lts), stretch1.8.19p1-2.1+deb9u6fixed
buster1.8.27-1+deb10u3fixed
buster (security)1.8.27-1+deb10u6fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye1.9.5p2-3+deb11u1fixed
bookworm1.9.13p3-1+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie1.9.15p5-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
sudosourcewoody1.6.6-1.4DSA-870-1
sudosourcesarge1.6.8p7-1.2DSA-870-1
sudosource(unstable)1.6.8p9-3medium

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