Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 20, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-1993
CVE-2005-1993
Description
Race condition in sudo 1.3.1 up to 1.6.8p8, when the ALL pseudo-command is used after a user entry in the sudoers file, allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack.
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Affected products
29cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 28 more
- cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.3_p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.3_p2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.3_p3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.3_p4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.3_p5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.3_p6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.3_p7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.4_p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.4_p2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.5_p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.5_p2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.7_p5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.8_p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.8_p7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.8_p8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
18- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/402741nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- docs.info.apple.com/article.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/15744nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/17813nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-735nvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.htmlnvd
- www.osvdb.org/17396nvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-535.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425974/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/13993nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/15647nvd
- www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/path_race.htmlnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0821nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2659nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21080nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11341nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1242nvd
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