CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-1999-0462

Published: Mar 17, 1999 | Modified: Sep 09, 2008
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

suidperl in Linux Perl does not check the nosuid mount option on file systems, allowing local users to gain root access by placing a setuid script in a mountable file system, e.g. a CD-ROM or floppy disk.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Suse_linux Suse 5.3 (including) 5.3 (including)

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