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CVE-2002-0169

The default stylesheet for DocBook on Red Hat Linux 6.2 through 7.2 is installed with an insecure option enabled, which could allow users to overwrite files outside of the current directory from an untrusted document by using a full pathname as an element identifier.

Published

2002-05-29T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.6 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	redhat	docbook_stylesheets	1.54.13	Yes
Application	redhat	docbook_utils	0.6.9-2	Yes
Application	redhat	docbook_utils	0.6.13	Yes

References

http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/4095 ([email protected])
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8983.php ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/5349 ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-062.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4654 ([email protected])
http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/4095 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8983.php (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/5349 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-062.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4654 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)