CVE-2008-3252

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-3252
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-07-21 17:41:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-08 01:31:00 UTC
DescriptionStack-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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Fedora Newsx 1.6 8.fc8 All All
Application Fedora Newsx 1.6 9.fc9 All All
Application Fedora Newsx 1.6 8.fc8 All All
Application Fedora Newsx 1.6 9.fc9 All All
Operating System Redhat Fedora 8 All All All
Operating System Redhat Fedora 9 All All All
Operating System Redhat Fedora 8 All All All
Operating System Redhat Fedora 9 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian update for newsx - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Fedora update for newsx - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1622-1 newsx DEBIAN www.debian.org
Bug 454483 – CVE-2008-3252 newsx: Stack overflow with lines with leading '.' CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: newsx-1.6-9.fc9 FEDORA www.redhat.com
Newsx 'read_article()' Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: newsx-1.6-8.fc8 FEDORA www.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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