CVE-2002-0542 Information

Description

mail in OpenBSD 2.9 and 3.0 processes a tilde (~) escape character in a message even when it is not in interactive mode which could allow local users to gain root privileges via calls to mail in cron.

Reference

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101855467811695&w=2 http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/267089 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8818.php http://www.openbsd.org/errata30.htmlmail http://www.osvdb.org/5269 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4495