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CVE-2002-0178
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
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..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- High
- Base Score
- 7.2/10
- Exploit Score
- 3.9/10
- Access Vector
- Local
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 10/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Complete
- Availability Impact
- Complete
- Integrity Impact
- Complete
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:sharutils:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- 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
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-040.0.txt
- http://www.osvdb.org/8274
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103599320902432&w=2