Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | New newsx packages fix arbitrary code execution |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | DSA-1622 | First vendor Publication | 2008-07-31 |
| Vendor | Debian | Last vendor Modification | 2008-07-31 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | 1 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 10 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| It was discovered that newsx, an NNTP news exchange utility, was affected by a buffer overflow allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a news article containing a large number of lines starting with a period. For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6-2etch1. For the testing (lenny) and unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6-3. We recommend that you upgrade your newsx package. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1622 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-119 | Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20282 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20282 | ||
| Title: | DSA-1622-1 newsx - arbitrary code execution | ||
| Description: | It was discovered that newsx, an NNTP news exchange utility, was affected by a buffer overflow allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a news article containing a large number of lines starting with a period. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-1622-1 CVE-2008-3252 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 | Product(s): | newsx |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8053 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8053 | ||
| Title: | DSA-1622 newsx -- buffer overflow | ||
| Description: | It was discovered that newsx, an NNTP news exchange utility, was affected by a buffer overflow allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a news article containing a large number of lines starting with a period. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-1622 CVE-2008-3252 | Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 | Product(s): | newsx |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 2 |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-02-17 | Name : Fedora Update for newsx FEDORA-2008-6319 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_6319_newsx_fc8.nasl |
| 2009-02-17 | Name : Fedora Update for newsx FEDORA-2008-6321 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_6321_newsx_fc9.nasl |
| 2008-08-15 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1622-1 (newsx) File : nvt/deb_1622_1.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 47160 | newsx getarticle.c read_article Function Remote Overflow |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2008-07-31 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1622.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-07-16 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2008-6319.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-07-16 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2008-6321.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 11:27:49 |
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