| Name | CVE-2005-4158 |
| Description | Sudo before 1.6.8 p12, when the Perl taint flag is off, does not clear the (1) PERLLIB, (2) PERL5LIB, and (3) PERL5OPT environment variables, which allows limited local users to cause a Perl script to include and execute arbitrary library files that have the same name as library files that are included by the script. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-946-2 |
| Debian Bugs | 342948 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| sudo (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.8.10p3-1+deb8u9 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 1.8.19p1-2.1+deb9u3 | fixed | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 1.8.19p1-2.1+deb9u6 | fixed | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1.8.27-1+deb10u6 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 1.9.5p2-3+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 1.9.13p3-1+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 1.9.16p1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sudo | source | woody | 1.6.6-1.6 | DSA-946-2 | ||
| sudo | source | sarge | 1.6.8p7-1.4 | DSA-946-2 | ||
| sudo | source | (unstable) | 1.6.8p12-1 | medium | 342948 |