CVE-1999-1501

Summary

CVE-1999-1501 is a vulnerability affecting the ipxchk and ipxlink utilities in SGI OS2 IRIX 6.3. The issue arises due to the failure of these programs to adequately clear the IFS environmental variable before executing system calls, enabling local users to inject and execute arbitrary commands. This weakness could potentially lead to significant security implications and unauthorized access to the system.

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