CVE - CVE-2008-3252

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-3252	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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
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BID:30231 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30231 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454483 DEBIAN:DSA-1622 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1622 FEDORA:FEDORA-2008-6319 URL:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00485.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2008-6321 URL:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00565.html SECUNIA:31080 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/31080 SECUNIA:31307 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/31307 XF:newsx-readarticle-bo(43844) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43844
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20080721	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20080721)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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