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CVE-2010-1646 Detail

Description

The secure path feature in env.c in sudo 1.3.1 through 1.6.9p22 and 1.7.0 through 1.7.2p6 does not properly handle an environment that contains multiple PATH variables, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted value of the last PATH variable.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042838.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043012.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043026.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/40002 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/40188 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/40215 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/40508 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201009-03.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0075 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2062 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:118 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.osvdb.org/65083 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0475.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514489/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40538 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024101 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/3057fde43cf0 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Patch 
http://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/a09c6812eaec CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Patch 
http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/secure_path.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1452 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1478 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1518 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1519 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598154 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10580 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7338 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-1646
NVD Published Date:
06/07/2010
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.