VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2005-3629
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.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.40%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.40% probability · 34th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- redhat/enterprise linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060401-01-U
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19162Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19532
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015732Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0015.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0016.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17038
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25374
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11198
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060401-01-U
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19162Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19532
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015732Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0015.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0016.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17038
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25374
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11198
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.