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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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2002-0176 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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:42:27.761Z

Reserved: 2002-04-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2002-0178

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2002-05-29T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2002-0178

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Publid Date: 2002-04-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2002-0178 - Bugzilla

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