## Description

Local users can start Sendmail in daemon mode and gain root privileges.

## Severity

Overall Severity: N/A

### CVSS Metrics

Type | Score | Severity | Vector
--- | --- | --- | ---

## Affected Products

### caldera - network_desktop

Affected Versions:

- 1.0

### eric_allman - sendmail

Affected Versions:

- 8.7

### eric_allman - sendmail

Affected Versions:

- 8.8

### eric_allman - sendmail

Affected Versions:

- 8.8.1

### eric_allman - sendmail

Affected Versions:

- 8.8.2

### bsdi - bsd_os

Affected Versions:

- 2.1

### freebsd - freebsd

Affected Versions:

- 2.1.5

### freebsd - freebsd

Affected Versions:

- 2.1.6

### hp - hp-ux

Affected Versions:

- 10.00

### hp - hp-ux

Affected Versions:

- 10.01

### hp - hp-ux

Affected Versions:

- 10.10

### hp - hp-ux

Affected Versions:

- 10.20

### ibm - aix

Affected Versions:

- 4.2

### redhat - linux

Affected Versions:

- 4.0

## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/716
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/716

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