PT-2008-4668 · Newsx · Newsx

Enrico Scholz · Published 2008-07-21 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-3252

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: newsx version 1.6

Description: The issue is a stack-based buffer overflow in the read article function, located in getarticle.c. This occurs when a news article contains a large number of lines starting with a period, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations: For newsx version 1.6, consider applying a patch or fix to the read article function to prevent the buffer overflow, or temporarily restrict the processing of news articles with a large number of lines starting with a period until a patch is available.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-3252

DSA-1622-1

Affected Products

Newsx

References · 9

• http://secunia.com/advisories/31080 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1622 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3252 · Security Note
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00565.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00485.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454483 · Patch
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43844 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30231 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31307 · Note