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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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CVE-2005-1993 Detail

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.


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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302847 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/15744 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/17813 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-735 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.osvdb.org/17396 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-535.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/402741 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425974/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13993 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15647 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/path_race.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0821 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2659 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=161116 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21080 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11341 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1242 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-1993
NVD Published Date:
06/20/2005
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.