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Sudo Python Environment Cleaning Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA18358
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Release Date:
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2006-01-09
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Last Update:
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2006-01-20
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Popularity:
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9,977 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | Sudo 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-0151
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Description:
Tavis Ormandy has reported a vulnerability in Sudo, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the environment cleaning. This can be exploited by a user with sudo access to a python script to gain access to an interactive python prompt via the "PYTHONINSPECT" environment variable.
The vulnerability is related to:
SA17318
Solution:
Clean untrusted environment variables using the "env_reset" or "env_delete" directive in the sudoer's file.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Tavis Ormandy
Changelog:
2005-01-20: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/usn/usn-235-2
Other References:
SA17318:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17318/
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