CVE-2005-3629

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.2
Exploit probability—
ProductRedhat Enterprise Linux
PublishedDec 31, 2005
First seenDec 31, 2005

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
redhat enterprise_linux3.0, 4.0—

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