CVE-2000-0703

Summary

CVECVE-2000-0703
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2000-10-20 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2008-09-10 19:05:00 UTC
Descriptionsuidperl (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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.4.5 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.5 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.5.3 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.6 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.4.5 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.5 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.5.3 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.6 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Xinuos Inc. | Support | Security | Advisories | Document Not Found CALDERA www.calderasystems.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
20000808 MDKSA-2000:031 perl update BUGTRAQ archives.neohapsis.com
20000810 Conectiva Linux security announcemente - PERL BUGTRAQ archives.neohapsis.com
[TL-Security-Announce] perl TLSA2000018-1 TURBO www.turbolinux.com
SuidPerl Mail Shell Escape Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
404 Page Not Found | SUSE SUSE www.novell.com
20000814 Trustix Security Advisory - perl and mailx BUGTRAQ archives.neohapsis.com
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
20000805 sperl 5.00503 (and newer ;) exploit BUGTRAQ archives.neohapsis.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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