CVE-2000-0703

Description

From CVE.org

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.

Statement

This issue was fixed in the following products:

  • Red Hat Linux 5.0 - RHSA-2000:048 (2000-08-07)
  • Red Hat Linux 5.1 - RHSA-2000:048 (2000-08-07)
  • Red Hat Linux 5.2 - RHSA-2000:048 (2000-08-07)
  • Red Hat Linux 6.0 - RHSA-2000:048 (2000-08-07)
  • Red Hat Linux 6.1 - RHSA-2000:048 (2000-08-07)
  • Red Hat Linux 6.2 - RHSA-2000:048 (2000-08-07)

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