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…

PriorityP418high7.2CVSS 2.0

AVLACLAuNCCICAC

EPSS

0.62%

45.7th percentile

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

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
gnu	sharutils	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.07.2HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

vendor_redhat7.2HIGH

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