CVE-1999-0163

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Summary

CVECVE-1999-0163
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published1997-01-01 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2022-08-17 10:15:00 UTC
DescriptionIn older versions of Sendmail, an attacker could use a pipe character to execute root commands.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Eric Allman Sendmail All All All All
Application Eric Allman Sendmail All All All All

References

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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 901704 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for sendmail (7358)
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