CVE-2002-0703

high

Description

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

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2002-0695

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4716

http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-035.php

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9051.php

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-081.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2002-07-26

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N