CVE-2000-0703
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Oct 13, 2000
- Updated
- Aug 8, 2024
- Reserved
- Sep 19, 2000
Description
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- TLSA2000018-1vendor-advisory
- 1547vdb-entry
- RHSA-2000:048vendor-advisory
- CSSA-2000-026.0vendor-advisory
- 20000808 MDKSA-2000:031 perl updatemailing-list
- 20000814 Trustix Security Advisory - perl and mailxmailing-list
- 20000805 sperl 5.00503 (and newer ;) exploitmailing-list
- 20000810 Security Hole in perl, all versionsvendor-advisory
- 20000810 Conectiva Linux security announcemente - PERLmailing-list
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