CVE-2006-0151
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.
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.61% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 49.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-01-09 23:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 16:25Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-01-09
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a8cd22bbac781238122ef70989daebde0739bd9f82254a89ab0dc7870d77b342
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.trustix.org2006-0010http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0010
- secunia.com18549http://secunia.com/advisories/18549
- secunia.com18558http://secunia.com/advisories/18558
- slackware.comSSA:2006-045-08http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.421822
- secunia.com18363http://secunia.com/advisories/18363
- www.novell.comSUSE-SR:2006:002http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_02_sr.html
- secunia.com18358http://secunia.com/advisories/18358
- www.securityfocus.com16184http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16184
- secunia.com19016http://secunia.com/advisories/19016
- secunia.com18906http://secunia.com/advisories/18906
- www.debian.orgDSA-946http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-946
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2006:159http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:159
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-235-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/235-2/
- secunia.com21692http://secunia.com/advisories/21692
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- sudo Fixed in 1.6.8p12-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- sudo Fixed in 1.6.8p12-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- sudo Fixed in 1.6.8p12-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.