cve-1999-1554
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2001-09-12 04:00
Modified
2024-08-01 17:18
Severity ?
Summary
/usr/sbin/Mail on SGI IRIX 3.3 and 3.3.1 does not properly set the group ID to the group ID of the user who started Mail, which allows local users to read the mail of other users.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1990-08.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.iss.net/security_center/static/3164.php
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1990-08.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/3164.php
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13Patch, Vendor Advisory
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