PT-2007-2952 · Daansystems · Newsreactor

Marsu · Published 2007-03-21 · Updated 2017-10-11 · CVE-2007-1568

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions DaanSystems NewsReactor version 20070220.21

Description The issue is a stack-based buffer overflow that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This is achieved by sending a yEnc (yEncode) encoded article with a long filename.

Recommendations For DaanSystems NewsReactor version 20070220.21, consider restricting the handling of yEnc encoded articles with long filenames until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, limiting the length of filenames in yEnc encoded articles may help minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-1568

Affected Products

Newsreactor

References · 6

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/3463 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/3462 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-1568 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24487 · Vendor Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/34035 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0934 · Note