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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2003-04-02T05:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2024-08-08T02:42:27.761Z
Reserved: 2002-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2002-0178
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Status : Modified
Published: 2002-05-29T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2026-06-16T21:56:56.837
Link: CVE-2002-0178
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