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CVE Reference: CVE-2002-0178
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CVE-2002-0178

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.

CVE Status:
Entry

References:

XF

REDHAT

OSVDB
  8274

MISC
  http://www.aerasec.de/security/index.html?id=ae-200204-033&lang=en

MANDRAKE

HP

COMPAQ

CERT-VN
  336083

CALDERA

BUGTRAQ

BID
  4742


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