Title: RedHat Linux 5.0 mh Vulnerability
Severity: HIGH
Description:
There is a buffer overflow in the mh binary supplied with RedHat 5.0, installed set suid root by default. The consequence is a local root compromise.
msgchk, another suid program related to mh is also apparently vulnerable similarily.
Affected Products:
- RedHat Linux 5.0.0
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