DSA-1622-1 newsx -- buffer overflow

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1622-1 newsx -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

31 Jul 2008

Affected Packages:

newsx

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 492742.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-3252.

More information:

It was discovered that newsx, an NNTP news exchange utility, was affected by a buffer overflow allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a news article containing a large number of lines starting with a period.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6-2etch4.

For the testing (lenny) and unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6-3.

We recommend that you upgrade your newsx package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch4.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6.orig.tar.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch4.diff.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch4_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch4_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch4_arm.deb

HP Precision:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch4_hppa.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch4_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch4_ia64.deb

Big-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch4_mips.deb

Little-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch4_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch4_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch4_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch4_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.