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CVE-2002-0178 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-040.0.txt	CVE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103599320902432&w=2	CVE
http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/4132	CVE
http://www.aerasec.de/security/index.html?id=ae-200204-033&lang=en	CVE
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9075.php	CVE
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/336083	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-052.php	CVE
http://www.osvdb.org/8274	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-065.html	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-180.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4742	CVE
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-040.0.txt	[email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103599320902432&w=2	[email protected]
http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/4132	[email protected]
http://www.aerasec.de/security/index.html?id=ae-200204-033&lang=en	[email protected]
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9075.php	[email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/336083	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-052.php	[email protected]
http://www.osvdb.org/8274	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-065.html	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-180.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4742	[email protected]

see all 22 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
gnu sharutils	4.2
CPE cpe:2.3:a:gnu:sharutils:4.2:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 20, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 18, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 1, 2004	Initial Analysis	[email protected]