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Unscored CVE-1999-0163 EUVD-1999-0163GHSA-v7v4-vj4g-88wh

In older versions of Sendmail, an attacker could use a pipe character to execute root commands.

Published Feb 4, 2000 · Updated Aug 1, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

In older versions of Sendmail, an attacker could use a pipe character to execute root commands.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) sendmail No fix yet —

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