CVE catalog
CVE-2005-4158
sudo: CVE-2005-4158
- Severity
- High
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.08% · Oct 25, 2026
Sudo before 1.6.8 p12, when the Perl taint flag is off, does not clear the (1) PERLLIB, (2) PERL5LIB, and (3) PERL5OPT environment variables, which allows limited local users to cause a Perl script to include and execute arbitrary library files that have the same name as library files that are included by the script.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | sudo | sid | 1.9.17p2-9 | fixed |
| Debian | sudo | forky | 1.9.17p2-9 | fixed |
| Debian | sudo | trixie | 1.9.16p2-3+deb13u2 | fixed |
| Debian | sudo | bookworm | 1.9.13p3-1+deb12u4 | fixed |
| Debian | sudo | bookworm-security | 1.9.13p3-1+deb12u2 | fixed |
| Opensuse | sudo | tumbleweed | 1.9.7p2-1.4 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | sudo | source | sid | 1.6.8p12-1 | medium | Not reported | [342948] |
| Debian | sudo | source | forky | 1.6.8p12-1 | medium | Not reported | [342948] |
| Debian | sudo | source | trixie | 1.6.8p12-1 | medium | Not reported | [342948] |
| Debian | sudo | source | bookworm | 1.6.8p12-1 | medium | Not reported | [342948] |
| Opensuse | sudo | rpm | tumbleweed | 1.9.7p2-1.4 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11413-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[openSUSE Tumbleweed]
- [sudo-devel]Unknown
Source package: [sudo]
Details (1)
1.9.17p2-3.3· x86_64 · tumbleweedUnknown · Fixed:
1.9.7p2-1.4Version impact unknown
dsa · sudo · opensuse · tumbleweed
- [sudo-plugin-python]Unknown
Source package: [sudo]
Details (1)
1.9.17p2-3.3· x86_64 · tumbleweedUnknown · Fixed:
1.9.7p2-1.4Version impact unknown
dsa · sudo · opensuse · tumbleweed
- [sudo-policy-sudo-auth-self]Unknown
Source package: [sudo]
Details (1)
1.9.17p2-3.3· noarch · tumbleweedUnknown · Fixed:
1.9.7p2-1.4Version impact unknown
dsa · sudo · opensuse · tumbleweed
- [sudo-policy-wheel-auth-self]Unknown
Source package: [sudo]
Details (1)
1.9.17p2-3.3· noarch · tumbleweedUnknown · Fixed:
1.9.7p2-1.4Version impact unknown
dsa · sudo · opensuse · tumbleweed
- [sudo-test]Unknown
Source package: [sudo]
Details (1)
1.9.17p2-3.3· x86_64 · tumbleweedUnknown · Fixed:
1.9.7p2-1.4Version impact unknown
dsa · sudo · opensuse · tumbleweed
- [system-group-sudo]Unknown
Source package: [sudo]
Details (1)
1.9.17p2-3.3· noarch · tumbleweedUnknown · Fixed:
1.9.7p2-1.4Version impact unknown
dsa · sudo · opensuse · tumbleweed
- [sudo]Fixed
Source package: [sudo]
Details (1)
1.9.17p2-3.3· x86_64 · tumbleweedFixed · Fixed:
1.9.7p2-1.4dsa · sudo · opensuse · tumbleweed
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libnss-sudo]Fixed
Source package: [sudo]
Details (4)
1.9.13p3-1+deb12u4· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.6.8p12-1dsa · sudo · debian · bookworm; dsa · sudo · debian · 12
1.9.13p3-1+deb12u4· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.6.8p12-1dsa · sudo · debian · bookworm; dsa · sudo · debian · 12
1.9.13p3-1+deb12u2· all · bookworm-securityFixed · Fixed:
1.6.8p12-1dsa · sudo · debian · bookworm; dsa · sudo · debian · 12
1.9.13p3-1+deb12u2· all · bookworm-securityFixed · Fixed:
1.6.8p12-1dsa · sudo · debian · bookworm; dsa · sudo · debian · 12
- [sudo]Fixed
Details (4)
1.9.13p3-1+deb12u4· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.6.8p12-1dsa · sudo · debian · bookworm; dsa · sudo · debian · 12
1.9.13p3-1+deb12u4· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.6.8p12-1dsa · sudo · debian · bookworm; dsa · sudo · debian · 12
1.9.13p3-1+deb12u2· amd64 · bookworm-securityFixed · Fixed:
1.6.8p12-1dsa · sudo · debian · bookworm; dsa · sudo · debian · 12
1.9.13p3-1+deb12u2· arm64 · bookworm-securityFixed · Fixed:
1.6.8p12-1dsa · sudo · debian · bookworm; dsa · sudo · debian · 12
- [sudo-ldap]Fixed
Source package: [sudo]
Details (4)
1.9.13p3-1+deb12u4· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.6.8p12-1dsa · sudo · debian · bookworm; dsa · sudo · debian · 12
1.9.13p3-1+deb12u4· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.6.8p12-1dsa · sudo · debian · bookworm; dsa · sudo · debian · 12
1.9.13p3-1+deb12u2· amd64 · bookworm-securityFixed · Fixed:
1.6.8p12-1dsa · sudo · debian · bookworm; dsa · sudo · debian · 12
1.9.13p3-1+deb12u2· arm64 · bookworm-securityFixed · Fixed:
1.6.8p12-1dsa · sudo · debian · bookworm; dsa · sudo · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [libnss-sudo]Fixed
Source package: [sudo]
Details (2)
1.9.16p2-3+deb13u2· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.6.8p12-1dsa · sudo · debian · 13
1.9.16p2-3+deb13u2· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.6.8p12-1dsa · sudo · debian · 13
- [sudo]Fixed
Details (2)
1.9.16p2-3+deb13u2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.6.8p12-1dsa · sudo · debian · 13
1.9.16p2-3+deb13u2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.6.8p12-1dsa · sudo · debian · 13
- [sudo-ldap]Fixed
Source package: [sudo]
Details (2)
1.9.16p2-3+deb13u2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.6.8p12-1dsa · sudo · debian · 13
1.9.16p2-3+deb13u2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.6.8p12-1dsa · sudo · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2024_11413-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-4158]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-946-2]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11413-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-4158]
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