PT-2002-2511 · Newsx · Newsx

Published 2002-12-31 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2002-1789

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions newsx versions prior to 1.4.8

Description The issue is related to a format string vulnerability that allows local users to execute arbitrary code. This is achieved through format string specifiers that are not properly handled in a call to the syslog function.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.4.8, update to version 1.4.8 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-1789

Affected Products

Newsx

References · 4

• ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SN-02:05.asc · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1789 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/5240 · Patch
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/9583.php · Patch