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CVE-2005-1993 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302847	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=161116	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/15744	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17813	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21080	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11341	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1242	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-735	CVE
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html	CVE
http://www.osvdb.org/17396	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-535.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/402741	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425974/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13993	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15647	CVE
http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/path_race.html	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0821	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2659	CVE
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302847	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=161116	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/15744	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/17813	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21080	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11341	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1242	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-735	[email protected]
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html	[email protected]
http://www.osvdb.org/17396	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-535.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/402741	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425974/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13993	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15647	[email protected]
http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/path_race.html	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0821	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2659	[email protected]

see all 36 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
todd miller sudo	1.3.1 1.5.6 1.5.7 1.5.8 1.5.9
CPE 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:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

todd miller sudo

1.3.1

1.5.6

1.5.7

1.5.8

1.5.9

CPE

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 20, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 19, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 21, 2005	Initial Analysis	[email protected]