CVEvulnerability

CVE-2006-0151

7.2 HIGH Published 2006-01-09 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2006-01-09
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• todd miller sudo 1.5.6 • todd miller sudo 1.5.7 • todd miller sudo 1.5.8 • todd miller sudo 1.5.9 • todd miller sudo 1.6 • todd miller sudo 1.6.1 • todd miller sudo 1.6.2 • todd miller sudo 1.6.3 • todd miller sudo 1.6.3 p1 • todd miller sudo 1.6.3 p2 • todd miller sudo 1.6.3 p3 • todd miller sudo 1.6.3 p4 • todd miller sudo 1.6.3 p5 • todd miller sudo 1.6.3 p6 • todd miller sudo 1.6.3 p7 • todd miller sudo 1.6.4 • todd miller sudo 1.6.4 p1 • todd miller sudo 1.6.4 p2 • todd miller sudo 1.6.5 • todd miller sudo 1.6.5 p1 • todd miller sudo 1.6.5 p2 • todd miller sudo 1.6.6 • todd miller sudo 1.6.7 • todd miller sudo 1.6.7 p5 • todd miller sudo 1.6.8 • todd miller sudo 1.6.8 p1 • todd miller sudo 1.6.8 p2 • todd miller sudo 1.6.8 p5 • todd miller sudo 1.6.8 p7 • todd miller sudo 1.6.8 p8 • todd miller sudo 1.6.8 p9 • todd miller sudo 1.6.8 p12 • ubuntu ubuntu linux 4.1 • ubuntu ubuntu linux 5.04 • ubuntu ubuntu linux 5.10

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