CVE-2004-1051: Undefined Security Weakness

sudo before 1.6.8p2 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by using "" style environment variables to create functions that have the same name as any program within the bash script that is called without using the program's full pathname...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : sudo (MDKSA-2004:133)

Liam Helmer discovered a flow in sudo's environment sanitizing. This flaw could allow a malicious users with permission to run a shell script that uses the bash shell to run arbitrary commands. The problem is fixed in sudo 1.6.8p2; the provided packages have been patched to correct the issue...

[SA13199] Sudo Environment Cleaning Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

TITLE: Sudo Environment Cleaning Privilege Escalation Vulnerability SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA13199 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/13199/ CRITICAL: Less critical IMPACT: Privilege escalation WHERE: Local system SOFTWARE: Sudo 1.x http://secunia.com/product/3929/ DESCRIPTION: Liam...

Security fix for the ALT Linux 5 package sudo version 1:1.6.7p5-alt4

Nov. 12, 2004 Dmitry V. Levin 1:1.6.7p5-alt4 - Backported upstream fix that restricts exporting of shell functions and CDPATH shell variable CAN-2004-1051. - Added help to control...

Security fix for the ALT Linux 8 package sudo version 1:1.6.7p5-alt4

Nov. 12, 2004 Dmitry V. Levin 1:1.6.7p5-alt4 - Backported upstream fix that restricts exporting of shell functions and CDPATH shell variable CAN-2004-1051. - Added help to control...

Security fix for the ALT Linux 6 package sudo version 1:1.6.7p5-alt4

Nov. 12, 2004 Dmitry V. Levin 1:1.6.7p5-alt4 - Backported upstream fix that restricts exporting of shell functions and CDPATH shell variable CAN-2004-1051. - Added help to control...

sudo -- privilege escalation with bash scripts

A Sudo Security Alerts reports: A flaw in exists in sudo's environment sanitizing prior to sudo version 1.6.8p2 that could allow a malicious user with permission to run a shell script that utilized the bash shell to run arbitrary commands...

sudoedit can expose protected file contents

Overview Sudo's -e option sudoedit improperly handles temporary files, allowing an attacker to read files that would otherwise be inaccessible. Description Sudo is a utility that allows specific users to run certain commands as root. Beginning with version 1.6.8, sudo provides safe editing...

sudo -- environmental variable CDPATH is not cleared

A sudo bug report says: sudo doesn't unset the CDPATH variable, which leads to possible security problems...

Debian DSA-101-1 : sudo - Local root exploit

Sebastian Krahmer from SuSE found a vulnerability in sudo which could easily lead into a local root exploit. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-101. The text itself is copyrig...

Debian DSA-031-2 : sudo - buffer overflow

Todd Miller announced a new version of sudo which corrects a buffer overflow that could potentially be used to gain root privileges on the local system. The fix from sudo 1.6.3p6 is available in sudo 1.6.2p2-1potato1 for Debian 2.2 potato. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

Debian DSA-128-1 : sudo - buffer overflow

fc found a buffer overflow in the variable expansion code used by sudo for its prompt. Since sudo is necessarily installed suid root a local user can use this to gain root access. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were...

sudoedit.txt

Reference http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/sudoedit.html Summary A flaw in exists in sudo's -u option aka sudoedit in sudo version 1.6.8 that can give an attacker read permission to a file that would otherwise be unreadable. Sudo versions affected 1.6.8 only Details While sudoedit runs the actual...

SudoEdit 1.6.8 Local Change Permission Exploit

Exploit for linux platform in category local exploits ============================================== SudoEdit 1.6.8 Local Change Permission Exploit ============================================== / Copyright ? Rosiello Security 2004 http://www.rosiello.org sudoedit Exploit SOFTWARE : sudoedit...

Sudo 1.6.8 - Information Disclosure

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11204/info Sudo is reported prone to an information disclosure vulnerability. This vulnerability presents itself when sudo is called with the '-e' option, or the 'sudoedit' command is invoked. In certain circumstances, attackers may access the contents...

Sudo 1.6.8 - Information Disclosure

Sudo 1.6.8 - Information Disclosure // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11204/info Sudo is reported prone to an information disclosure vulnerability. This vulnerability presents itself when sudo is called with the '-e' option, or the 'sudoedit' command is invoked. In certain circumstance...

sudo -- sudoedit information disclosure

A new feature of sudo 1.6.8 called "sudoedit" a safe editing facility may allow users to read files to which they normally have no access...

Sudoedit can expose file contents

Sudoedit can expose file contents Summary: A flaw in exists in sudo's -u option aka sudoedit in sudo version 1.6.8 that can give an attacker read permission to a file that would otherwise be unreadable. Sudo versions affected: 1.6.8 only Details: While sudoedit runs the actual editor as the...

Sudo symboli links problem

Unsafe temporary fiels access in sudo -u...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : sudo (MDKSA-2002:003)

The SuSE Security Team discovered a vulnerability in sudo that can be exploited to obtain root privilege because sudo is installed setuid root. An attacker could trick sudo to log failed sudo calls executing the sendmail or equivalent mailer program with root privileges and an environment that is...