cve-2000-0703
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2000-10-13 04:00
Modified
2024-08-08 05:28
Severity ?
Summary
suidperl (aka sperl) does not properly cleanse the escape sequence "~!" before calling /bin/mail to send an error report, which allows local users to gain privileges by setting the "interactive" environmental variable and calling suidperl with a filename that contains the escape sequence.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0022.htmlExploit, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0086.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0113.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0153.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-026.0.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_59.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-048.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1547Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-August/000017.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0022.htmlExploit, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0086.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0113.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0153.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-026.0.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_59.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-048.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1547Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-August/000017.html
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