CVE-2002-0703

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    CVE-2002-0703

    Published: 26 Jul 2002Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: An interaction between the Perl MD5 module (perl-Digest-MD5) and Perl could produce incorrect MD5 checksums for UTF-8 data, which could prevent a system from properly verifying the integrity of the data.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-081.html, http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9051.php, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4716, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-081.html, http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9051.php, http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-035.php, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4716

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High