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FreeBSD Ports: sudo

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

FreeBSD Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

4.6

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

7 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.

Insight

Insight

The following package is affected: sudo CVE-2005-2959 Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in sudo 1.6.8 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via the (1) SHELLOPTS and (2) PS4 environment variables before executing a bash script on behalf of another user, which are not cleared even though other variables are.

Solution

Solution

Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. http://www.courtesan.com/sudo/alerts/bash_env.html http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/1b725079-9ef6-11da-b410-000e0c2e438a.html

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)