Description
SunOS sendmail 5.59 through 5.65 uses popen to process a forwarding host argument, which allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying the IFS (Internal Field Separator) variable and passing crafted values to the -oR option.
References
- VU#3278 third-party-advisory
- CA-1995-11 third-party-advisory
- 7829 vdb-entry
- AA-95.09 third-party-advisory
- http://www.alw.nih.gov/Security/8lgm/8lgm-Advisory-21.html