CVE-2002-0169 (GCVE-0-2002-0169)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-04-02 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 02:42
VLAI
Summary
The default stylesheet for DocBook on Red Hat Linux 6.2 through 7.2 is installed with an insecure option enabled, which could allow users to overwrite files outside of the current directory from an untrusted document by using a full pathname as an element identifier.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2263 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8983.php vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-062.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.osvdb.org/5349 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/4095 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
Date Public
2002-05-01 00:00
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