CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-3252
10.0 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-07-21
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
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.
Affected configurations
• fedora newsx 1.6
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31080 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31307 secunia.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1622 www.debian.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30231 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454483 Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43844 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00485.html www.redhat.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00565.html www.redhat.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31080 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31307 secunia.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1622 www.debian.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30231 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454483 Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43844 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00485.html www.redhat.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00565.html www.redhat.com