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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 29, 2002· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2002-0169

CVE-2002-0169

Description

The default stylesheet for DocBook on Red Hat Linux 6.2 through 7.2 is installed with an insecure option enabled, which could allow users to overwrite files outside of the current directory from an untrusted document by using a full pathname as an element identifier.

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Affected products

4
  • Red Hat/Docbook Stylesheets2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:redhat:docbook_stylesheets:1.54.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:docbook_stylesheets:1.54.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)
  • Red Hat/Docbook Utils2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:redhat:docbook_utils:0.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:docbook_utils:0.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:docbook_utils:0.6.9-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

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