CVE-2005-3629 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local users with sudo permissions for /sbin/service can gain root privileges due to improper handling of environment variables in Red Hat initscripts.
- 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-2005-3629?
CVE-2005-3629 is a high-severity vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 7 Mar 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
initscripts in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 does not properly handle certain environment variables when /sbin/service is executed, which allows local users with sudo permissions for /sbin/service to gain root privileges via unknown vectors.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-3629?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (16)
initscripts Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:7.31.30.EL-1 |
initscripts-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:7.31.30.EL-1 |
initscripts Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:7.31.30.EL-1 |
initscripts-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:7.31.30.EL-1 |
initscripts Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:7.31.30.EL-1 |
initscripts-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:7.31.30.EL-1 |
initscripts Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:7.31.30.EL-1 |
initscripts-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:7.31.30.EL-1 |
initscripts Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:7.93.24.EL-1.1 |
initscripts-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:7.93.24.EL-1.1 |
initscripts Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:7.93.24.EL-1.1 |
initscripts-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:7.93.24.EL-1.1 |
initscripts Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:7.93.24.EL-1.1 |
initscripts-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:7.93.24.EL-1.1 |
initscripts Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:7.93.24.EL-1.1 |
initscripts-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:7.93.24.EL-1.1 |
Products include Redhat Enterprise Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2005-3629?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2005-3629 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-3629 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-p357-vv6x-p853, RHSA-2006:0015, RHSA-2006:0016.