| Name | CVE-2005-1119 |
| Description | Sudo VISudo 1.6.8 and earlier allows local users to corrupt arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| NVD severity | low (attack range: local) |
| Debian Bugs | 283161 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| sudo (PTS) | jessie | 1.8.10p3-1+deb8u5 | vulnerable |
| jessie (security) | 1.8.10p3-1+deb8u4 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 1.8.19p1-2.1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye, sid, buster | 1.8.27-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| sudo | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | 283161 |
Notes
That's a policy violation, but not a security problem