VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2005-0101
Buffer overflow in the socket_getline function in Newspost 2.1.1 and earlier allows remote malicious NNTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a long string without a newline character.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 16.2%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 16.2%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Buffer overflow in the socket_getline function in Newspost 2.1.1 and earlier allows remote malicious NNTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a long string without a newline character.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 16.17% probability · 97th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- newspost/newspost
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110746336728781&w=2
- http://people.freebsd.org/~niels/issues/newspost-20050114.txtExploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14092/Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14098
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200502-05.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013056
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12418
- http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/7f13607b-6948-11d9-8937-00065be4b5b6.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19178
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110746336728781&w=2
- http://people.freebsd.org/~niels/issues/newspost-20050114.txtExploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14092/Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14098
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200502-05.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013056
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12418
- http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/7f13607b-6948-11d9-8937-00065be4b5b6.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19178
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.