CVE-2002-0178
First published: Wed May 29 2002(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| GNU sharutils | =4.2 |
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Reference Links
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-065.html
- http://www.aerasec.de/security/index.html?id=ae-200204-033&lang=en
- http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/4132
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-052.php
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-180.html
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9075.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4742
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/336083
- http://www.osvdb.org/8274
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103599320902432&w=2
- collector/nvd-historical
- vendor/gnu
- product/sharutils
- canonical/gnu sharutils
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/severity
- agent/author
- agent/type
- agent/event
- agent/references
- agent/weakness
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/remedy
- agent/description
- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- version/gnu sharutils/4.2