Description
mod_auth_any package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 and other operating systems does not properly escape arguments when calling other programs, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.
References
- http://www.itlab.musc.edu/webNIS/mod_auth_any.html
- RHSA-2003:113 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2003:114 vendor-advisory
- N-090 third-party-advisory government-resource
- 7448 vdb-entry
- modauthany-command-execution(11893) vdb-entry