Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 11, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-4158
CVE-2005-4158
Description
Sudo before 1.6.8 p12, when the Perl taint flag is off, does not clear the (1) PERLLIB, (2) PERL5LIB, and (3) PERL5OPT environment variables, which allows limited local users to cause a Perl script to include and execute arbitrary library files that have the same name as library files that are included by the script.
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Affected products
32cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 29 more
- 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_p5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.8_p7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.8_p8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.8_p9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: < 1.6.8p12
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
19- secunia.com/advisories/17534/nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Nov/1015192.htmlnvdPatch
- www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/perl_env.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/15394nvdExploitPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/18102nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/18156nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/18308nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/18463nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/18549nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/18558nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/21692nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-946nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_02_sr.htmlnvd
- www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0002/nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2386nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23102nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-235-1/nvd
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