suidperl (aka sperl) does not properly cleanse the escape sequence "~!" before calling /bin/mail to send an error report, which allows local users to gain privileges by setting the "interactive" environmental variable and calling suidperl with a filename that contains the escape sequence.
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larry wall perl 5.4.5 |
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larry wall perl 5.5 |
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larry wall perl 5.5.3 |
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