CVE-1999-1468
Summary
| CVE | CVE-1999-1468 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 1991-10-22 04:00:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2008-09-10 19:01:00 UTC |
| Description | rdist in various UNIX systems uses popen to execute sendmail, which allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying the IFS (Internal Field Separator) variable. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Cray | Unicos | 6.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Cray | Unicos | 6.0e | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Cray | Unicos | 6.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Cray | Unicos | 6.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Cray | Unicos | 6.0e | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Cray | Unicos | 6.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Next | Next | 2.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Next | Next | 2.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Next | Next | 2.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Next | Next | 2.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Sgi | Irix | 3.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Sgi | Irix | 3.3.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Sgi | Irix | 3.3.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Sgi | Irix | 3.3.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Sgi | Irix | 4.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Sgi | Irix | 3.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Sgi | Irix | 3.3.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Sgi | Irix | 3.3.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Sgi | Irix | 3.3.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Sgi | Irix | 4.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Sun | Sunos | 4.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Sun | Sunos | 4.0.3c | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Sun | Sunos | 4.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Sun | Sunos | 4.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Sun | Sunos | 4.1psr_a | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Sun | Sunos | 4.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Sun | Sunos | 4.0.3c | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Sun | Sunos | 4.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Sun | Sunos | 4.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Sun | Sunos | 4.1psr_a | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 CERT Advisories | CERT | www.cert.org | Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource |
| [8lgm]-Advisory-1.UNIX.rdist.23-Apr-1991 | MISC | www.alw.nih.gov | |
| ISS X-Force Database: rdist-popen-gain-privileges (7160): /usr/ucb/rdist `popen` allows user to gain root privileges | XF | www.iss.net | |
| 8106 | OSVDB | www.osvdb.org | |
| Multiple Vendor rdist(1) Vulnerability (1991) | BID | www.securityfocus.com | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.