Is CVE-2005-4158 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2005-4158 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2005-4158?

CVE-2005-4158 has a CVSS v2 base score of 4.6 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2005-4158?

CVE-2005-4158 has an EPSS score of 1.08% (61th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2005-4158?

Upgrade sudo on debian 11 to 1.6.8p12-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2005-4158

MEDIUM

4.6

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Sudo before 1.6.8 p12, when the Perl taint flag is off, does not clear the (1) PERLLIB, (2) PERL5LIB, and (3) PERL5OPT environment variables, which allows limited local users to cause a Perl script to include and execute arbitrary library files that have the same name as library files that are included by the script.

How to fix

Remediation Available

sudoDebian

Fixed in:1.6.8p12-1CVE-2005-4158

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

1.08%probability of exploitation in 30 days

61stpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 61% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch4

Other references15

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