CVE-2005-1993 Race condition in n/a
Local attackers can exploit a race condition in sudo to gain elevated privileges via symlink attacks when specific sudoers configurations are used.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-1993?
CVE-2005-1993 is a low-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Jun 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1993?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (16)
sudo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:1.6.7p5-1.1 |
sudo-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:1.6.7p5-1.1 |
sudo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:1.6.7p5-1.1 |
sudo-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:1.6.7p5-1.1 |
sudo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:1.6.7p5-1.1 |
sudo-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:1.6.7p5-1.1 |
sudo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:1.6.7p5-1.1 |
sudo-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:1.6.7p5-1.1 |
sudo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.6.7p5-30.1.1 |
sudo-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.6.7p5-30.1.1 |
sudo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.6.7p5-30.1.1 |
sudo-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.6.7p5-30.1.1 |
sudo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.6.7p5-30.1.1 |
sudo-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.6.7p5-30.1.1 |
sudo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:1.6.7p5-30.1.1 |
sudo-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:1.6.7p5-30.1.1 |
Products include Todd Miller Sudo.
How do I fix CVE-2005-1993?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2005-1993 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1993 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1993, DSA-735-1, DSA-735-2, GHSA-8q3v-p32x-2pq7, RHSA-2005:535.