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