CVE-2002-0169 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2002-0169

The default stylesheet for DocBook on Red Hat Linux 6.2...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

docbook stylesheets, docbook utils
Vulnerable Versions:
1.54.13, 0.6.9-2, 0.6.13

Timeline

Official Publish: April 2nd, 2003
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.