CVE-1999-1580

Name	CVE-1999-1580
Description	SunOS sendmail 5.59 through 5.65 uses popen to process a forwarding host argument, which allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying the IFS (Internal Field Separator) variable and passing crafted values to the -oR option.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
sendmail (PTS)	bullseye	8.15.2-22+deb11u3	fixed
	bookworm	8.17.1.9-2+deb12u2	fixed
	trixie	8.18.1-6	fixed
	forky, sid	8.18.1-7	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
sendmail	source	(unstable)	(not affected)

- sendmail <not-affected> (Sun-specific)