National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-0151
Original release date:01/09/2006
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
- Official Statement from Red Hat (01/24/2008)
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We do not consider this to be a security issue.
http:bugzilla.redhat.combugzillashow_bug.cgi?id=139478#c1
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Name: 18363
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
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Name: USN-235-2
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Name: 16184
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Name: 18358
Type: Advisory
External Source: TRUSTIX
Name: 2006-0010
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Name: SUSE-SR:2006:002
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Name: MDKSA-2006:159
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Name: DSA-946
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Name: SSA:2006-045-08
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Name: 21692
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Name: 19016
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Name: 18906
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Name: 18549
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Name: MDKSA-2006:159