CVE-2002-0178 Information

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.

Reference

ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-040.0.txt 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