CVE-2002-0178
N/A
Published: April 2, 2003 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:56 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSharutils
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
Description
uudecode, as available in the sharutils package before 4.2.1, does not check whether the filename of the uudecoded file is a pipe or symbolic link, which could allow attackers to overwrite files or execute commands.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (11)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_CALDERA
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-040.0.txtMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103599320902432&w=2Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_HP
Source: [email protected]
http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/4132x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://www.aerasec.de/security/index.html?id=ae-200204-033&lang=enThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/336083Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
Source: [email protected]
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-052.phpQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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