CVE-1999-1309

Summary

CVE-1999-1309 is a vulnerability affecting older versions of Sendmail before 8.6.7. An attacker can exploit this issue by providing a large value in the debug (-d) command line option. This vulnerability grants local users root access, which poses a significant security risk if exploited. The debug option, intended for diagnostic purposes, should not confer such elevated privileges. System administrators are advised to upgrade to a patched version of Sendmail to mitigate this threat.

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