FKIE_CVE-1999-0138

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 1996-06-26 04:00 - Updated: 2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
Summary
The suidperl and sperl program do not give up root privileges when changing UIDs back to the original users, allowing root access.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0138
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0138
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apple a_ux 3.1.1
digital osf_1 1.3
freebsd freebsd 2.0
freebsd freebsd 2.0.5
freebsd freebsd 2.1.0
hp hp-ux 8
hp hp-ux 9
hp hp-ux 10
ibm aix 3.2.5
ibm aix 4
linux linux_kernel 1.2.0
linux linux_kernel 2.0
nec asl_ux_4800 *
nec ews-ux_v 4.2
nec ews-ux_v 4.2mp
nec up-ux_v 4.2mp
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