1616755 – (CVE-2002-0178) CVE-2002-0178 security flaw

Bug 1616755 (CVE-2002-0178) - CVE-2002-0178 security flaw

Summary: CVE-2002-0178 security flaw

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Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias:	CVE-2002-0178
Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Priority:	unspecified
Severity:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security
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TreeView+	depends on / blocked

Reported:	2018-08-16 01:45 UTC by Stephen Herr
Modified:	2019-09-29 14:48 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users
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Last Closed:	2018-08-16 01:46:01 UTC
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Description Stephen Herr 2018-08-16 01:45:53 UTC

Flaw bug created to hold information about an old flaw we knew something about. For more details see the MITRE CVE description.

Comment 1 Stephen Herr 2018-08-16 17:20:35 UTC

MITRE 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.

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