Description (CNA)
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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-August/000017.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1547
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-048.html
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-026.0.txt
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0086.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0153.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0022.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_59.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0113.html
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-August/000017.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1547
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-048.html
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-026.0.txt
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0086.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0153.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0022.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_59.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0113.html