VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2002-0703
An 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.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.43%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.43%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An 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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.43% probability · 71th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- gisle aas/digest-md5
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-081.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9051.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-035.phpPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4716Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-081.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9051.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-035.phpPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4716Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.