CVE-1999-1040 Information

Description

Vulnerabilities in (1) ipxchk and (2) ipxlink in NetWare Client 1.0 on IRIX 6.3 and 6.4 allows local users to gain root access via a modified IFS environmental variable.

Reference

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/19980501-01-P2869 http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/i-055.shtml http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=89217373930054&w=2