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CVE-2002-0178

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-05-29 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• GNU Sharutils: 4.2

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103599320902432&w=2
• http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/4132
• http://www.aerasec.de/security/index.html?id=ae-200204-033&lang=en
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9075.php
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/336083
• http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-052.php
• http://www.osvdb.org/8274
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-065.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-180.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4742

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