CVE-2005-3629

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.2/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/19162Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19532
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015732Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0015.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0016.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17038
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25374
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11198
http://secunia.com/advisories/19162Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19532
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015732Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0015.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0016.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17038
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25374
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11198

Timeline

Published: Dec 31, 2005
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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