CVE Catalog

CVE-2002-0703

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

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.

Risk Assessment

The organization may face issues with data integrity verification, potentially leading to unauthorized data modifications or loss of consistency.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the perl-Digest-MD5 module to the latest version to ensure correct MD5 checksum calculations for UTF-8 data.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

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