Red Hat update for initscripts - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence

Red Hat update for initscripts
Secunia Advisory:	SA19162	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2006-03-08
Last Update:	2006-03-16
Popularity:	7,542 views

Critical:	Less critical
Impact:	Privilege escalation
Where:	Local system
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

OS:	RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 3 RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4 RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3 RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4 RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3 RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4

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CVE reference:	CVE-2005-3629

Description: Red Hat has issued an update for initscripts. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges. The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the handling of certain environment variables when the "/sbin/service" command is run. This can be exploited by local users with permissions to execute /sbin/service via sudo to execute arbitrary commands as the "root" user. Note: Several bugs have also been fixed. Solution: Updated packages are available from Red Hat Network. http://rhn.redhat.com/ Changelog: 2006-03-16: Vendor issues updated packages for RHEL 3. Original Advisory: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0016.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0015.html

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