fkie_cve-1999-1580
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
1995-08-23 04:00
Modified
2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
Summary
SunOS sendmail 5.59 through 5.65 uses popen to process a forwarding host argument, which allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying the IFS (Internal Field Separator) variable and passing crafted values to the -oR option.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.alw.nih.gov/Security/8lgm/8lgm-Advisory-21.htmlExploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=1853&cid=1978Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-95.11.sun.sendmail-oR.vulPatch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/3278Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7829
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.alw.nih.gov/Security/8lgm/8lgm-Advisory-21.htmlExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=1853&cid=1978Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-95.11.sun.sendmail-oR.vulPatch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/3278Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7829
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
sendmail sendmail 5.59
sendmail sendmail 5.61
sendmail sendmail 5.65
sun sunos 4.1.1
sun sunos 4.1.2
sun sunos 4.1.3
sun sunos 4.1.3c
sun sunos 4.1.3u1
sun sunos 4.1.4
sun sunos 4.1.4jl


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