VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2002-0178
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.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.62%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.62%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.62% probability · 48th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- gnu/sharutils
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-040.0.txt
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103599320902432&w=2
- http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/4132
- http://www.aerasec.de/security/index.html?id=ae-200204-033&lang=en
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9075.php
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/336083US Government Resource
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-052.php
- http://www.osvdb.org/8274
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-065.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-180.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4742
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-040.0.txt
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103599320902432&w=2
- http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/4132
- http://www.aerasec.de/security/index.html?id=ae-200204-033&lang=en
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9075.php
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/336083US Government Resource
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-052.php
- http://www.osvdb.org/8274
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-065.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-180.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4742
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.