CVE-2001-0873

published 2001-12-21

CVE-2001-0873: uuxqt in Taylor UUCP package does not properly remove dangerous long options, which allows local users to gain privileges by calling uux and specifying an…

Priority P4 24 high 7.2 CVSS 2.0

AV L AC L Au N C C I C A C

EXPLOIT

uuxqt in Taylor UUCP package does not properly remove dangerous long options, which allows local users to gain privileges by calling uux and specifying an alternate configuration file with the --config option.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
ian_lance_taylor	taylor_uucp	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 7.2 HIGH AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

vendor_redhat 7.2 HIGH

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