FKIE_CVE-2002-0178
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2002-05-29 04:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 21:56
Severity
Summary
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.
References
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