CVE-2002-0909

Published Oct 4, 2002

Last updated 8 years ago

Overview

Description: Multiple buffer overflows in mnews 1.22 and earlier allow (1) a remote NNTP server to execute arbitrary code via long responses, or local users can gain privileges via long command line arguments (2) -f, (3) -n, (4) -D, (5) -M, or (6) -P, or via long environment variables (7) JNAMES or (8) MAILSERVER.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.5
Impact score: 6.4
Exploitability score: 10
Vector string: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:matsushita_research:mnews:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "FE2E16BB-4E75-4F3A-BE2D-47E68B43F857",
            "versionEndIncluding": "1.2.2"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References