fkie_cve-2008-3252
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2008-07-21 17:41
Modified
2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in the read_article function in getarticle.c in newsx 1.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a news article containing a large number of lines starting with a period.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/31080Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/31307
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1622
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30231
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454483Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43844
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00485.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00565.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/31080Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/31307
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1622
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30231
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454483Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43844
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00485.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00565.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
redhat fedora 8
redhat fedora 9
fedora newsx 1.6
fedora newsx 1.6


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