CVE-2002-0178

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-0178
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-05-29 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionuudecode, 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Sharutils 4.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.osvdb.org/8274 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
ISS X-Force Database: sharutils-uudecode-symlink (9075): sharutils uudecode utility symbolic links could be used to overwrite arbitrary files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#336083 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Seite nicht gefunden - AERAsec Network Services and Security GmbH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.aerasec.de
'GLSA: sharutils' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
GNU SharUtils UUDecode Symbolic Link Attack Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus HOME Advisories: Security vulnerability in sharutils af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 online.securityfocus.com
MandrakeSoft Security Advisory MDKSA-2002:052 : sharutils af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.linux-mandrake.com
ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-040.0.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.caldera.com
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