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.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-04-02T05:00:00

Updated: 2002-02-20T10:00:00

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00


Link: CVE-1999-1468

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 1991-10-22T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2008-09-10T19:01:59.960


Link: CVE-1999-1468

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