CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-3629

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Vulnerability in initscripts in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 allows local users with sudo permissions for /sbin/service to escalate privileges to root via improper handling of environment variables.

Risk Assessment

The risk involves potential full system compromise by an unprivileged user who has limited sudo permissions.

Recommendation

It is recommended to apply security patches provided by Red Hat immediately and restrict sudo permissions for /sbin/service to trusted users only.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS