CVE-2001-0873 (GCVE-0-2001-0873)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2003-04-02 05:00
Modified
2024-08-08 04:37
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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