7.5
CVSSv2

CVE-2001-0441

Published: 27/06/2001 Updated: 19/12/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 10
VMScore: 668
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

Buffer overflow in (1) wrapping and (2) unwrapping functions of slrn news reader prior to 0.9.7.0 allows remote malicious users to execute arbitrary commands via a long message header.

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Bill Nottingham reported a problem in the wrapping/unwrapping functions of the slrn newsreader A long header in a message might overflow a buffer, which could result in executing arbitrary code encoded in the message The default configuration does not have wrapping enable, but it can easily be enabled either by changing the configuration or press ...