CVE-2005-0101 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2005-02-06

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 15.9% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:newspost:newspost:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.15874.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110746336728781&w=2
http://people.freebsd.org/~niels/issues/newspost-20050114.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/14092/
http://secunia.com/advisories/14098
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200502-05.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013056
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12418
http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/7f13607b-6948-11d9-8937-00065be4b5b6.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19178

History

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Subscriptions

Newspost Newspost

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-02-06T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:57:40.909Z

Reserved: 2005-01-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-0101

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-02-01T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:10:30.687

Link: CVE-2005-0101

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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