Upstream information

CVE-2005-4158 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4.6
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 140300 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 145687 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 159599 [RESOLVED / WONTFIX]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
  • sudo >= 1.9.17p1-160000.2.2
  • sudo-devel >= 1.9.17p1-160000.2.2
  • sudo-plugin-python >= 1.9.17p1-160000.2.2
  • sudo-policy-sudo-auth-self >= 1.9.17p1-160000.2.2
  • sudo-policy-wheel-auth-self >= 1.9.17p1-160000.2.2
  • system-group-sudo >= 1.9.17p1-160000.2.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 GA sudo-1.9.17p1-160000.2.2
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0
  • sudo >= 1.9.15p5-1.3
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 GA sudo-1.9.15p5-1.3
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1
  • sudo >= 1.9.15p5-slfo.1.1_1.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 GA sudo-1.9.15p5-slfo.1.1_1.2
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • sudo >= 1.9.7p2-1.4
  • sudo-devel >= 1.9.7p2-1.4
  • sudo-plugin-python >= 1.9.7p2-1.4
  • sudo-test >= 1.9.7p2-1.4
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-11413

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 sudo Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 sudo Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 sudo Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 sudo Analysis
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 sudo Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS sudo Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS sudo Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 sudo Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 sudo Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 sudo Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 sudo Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 sudo Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS sudo Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 sudo Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 sudo Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 sudo Analysis
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 sudo Analysis
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 sudo Analysis
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 sudo Analysis
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 sudo Unsupported
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 sudo Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 sudo Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 sudo Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS sudo Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS sudo Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 sudo Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 sudo Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS sudo Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS sudo Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS sudo Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS sudo Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS sudo Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS sudo Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 sudo Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 sudo Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 sudo Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 sudo Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 sudo Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 sudo Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 sudo Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 sudo Analysis
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 sudo Unsupported
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 sudo Unsupported
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 sudo Unsupported
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 sudo Unsupported
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 sudo Unsupported

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 02:40:23 2013
CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 11 15:24:55 2025