cve-1999-1501
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2001-09-12 04:00
Modified
2024-08-01 17:18
Severity ?
Summary
(1) ipxchk and (2) ipxlink in SGI OS2 IRIX 6.3 does not properly clear the IFS environmental variable before executing system calls, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=89217373930054&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=89217373930054&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
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