CVE-2002-0703

Summary

CVECVE-2002-0703
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-07-26 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionAn interaction between the Perl MD5 module (perl-Digest-MD5) and Perl could produce incorrect MD5 checksums for UTF-8 data, which could prevent a system from properly verifying the integrity of the data.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gisle Aas Digest-md5 2.16 All All All
Application Gisle Aas Digest-md5 2.17 All All All
Application Gisle Aas Digest-md5 2.18 All All All
Application Gisle Aas Digest-md5 2.19 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
MandrakeSoft Security Advisory MDKSA-2002:035 : perl-Digest-MD5 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.linux-mandrake.com Patch
Gisle Aas Digest-MD5 UTF-8 Incorrect Digest Calculation Threat af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
ISS X-Force Database: linux-utf8-incorrect-md5 (9051): Red Hat Linux UTF-8 interaction between perl-Digest-MD5 and Perl could result in incorrect MD5 sums af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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