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>> Ubuntu Security Update Fixes Sudo Command Execution Vulnerability
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Title : Ubuntu Security Update Fixes Sudo Command Execution Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-0048
CVE ID : CVE-2005-4158
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-01-05
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Ubuntu has released updated packages to address a vulnerability identified in Sudo. This flaw is due to an error when handling the "PERLLIB", "PERL5LIB" and "PERL5OPT" environment variables, which could be exploited by malicious users with sudo access to perl scripts to execute arbitrary perl code on systems where the perl "tainting" option is disabled. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2005-2386
ChangeLog
2006-01-05 : Initial release
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