Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 9, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-0151
CVE-2006-0151
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.
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Affected products
40cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 31 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_p12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.8_p2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:4.1:*:ia64:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
- cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:4.1:*:ia64:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:4.1:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:5.04:*:amd64:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:5.04:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:5.04:*:powerpc:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:5.10:*:amd64:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:5.10:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:5.10:*:powerpc:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
No source-code context for this CVE — mechanics is only generated when we can read the actual fix diff. Without that, the four sections (root cause, attack vector, affected code, fix) would be speculation rather than analysis.
References
14- secunia.com/advisories/18363nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/16184nvdExploit
- secunia.com/advisories/18358nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/18549nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/18558nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/18906nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/19016nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/21692nvd
- slackware.com/security/viewer.phpnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-946nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_02_sr.htmlnvd
- www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0010nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/235-2/nvd
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