PT-1991-1013 · Unix · Rdist

Published 1991-10-22 · Updated 2008-09-10 · CVE-1999-1468

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.2

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions rdist in various UNIX systems (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying the IFS (Internal Field Separator) variable, which is used by the popen function to execute sendmail.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1468

Affected Products

Rdist

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1468 · Security Note
• http://cert.org/advisories/CA-91.20.rdist.vulnerability · Patch
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/31 · Vendor Advisory
• http://alw.nih.gov/Security/8lgm/8lgm-Advisory-01.html · Note
• http://osvdb.org/8106 · Note
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/7160.php · Note