CVE-2005-3629 Information

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.

Reference

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060401-01-U http://secunia.com/advisories/19162 http://secunia.com/advisories/19532 http://securitytracker.com/id?1015732 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0015.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0016.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17038 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25374 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A11198