Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 29, 2002· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2002-0178
CVE-2002-0178
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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
11- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-065.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/336083nvdUS Government Resource
- ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-040.0.txtnvd
- marc.infonvd
- online.securityfocus.com/advisories/4132nvd
- www.aerasec.de/security/index.htmlnvd
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/9075.phpnvd
- www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-052.phpnvd
- www.osvdb.org/8274nvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-180.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/4742nvd
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