7.5
CVSSv2

CVE-2005-0101

Published: 01/02/2005 Updated: 11/07/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 10
VMScore: 760
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

Buffer overflow in the socket_getline function in Newspost 2.1.1 and previous versions allows remote malicious NNTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a long string without a newline character.

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Exploits

/* * v02 * Newspost "socket_getline()" Buffer Overflow Exploit * Exploit * Bug discovered: 02/03/2005 * * cybertronic[at]gmx[dot]net * * [ cybertronic @ newspost ] $ gcc -o newspost_expl newspost_explc * [ cybertronic @ newspost ] $ /newspost_expl cyber tronic * Usage * ----- * [ Bindshell ] /newspost_expl * [ Reverseshell ] /n ...
source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/12418/info Newspost is prone to a remote buffer overflow vulnerability due to an unbounded memory copy operation The problem occurs in the 'socket_getline()' function of 'socketc' when the vulnerable client handles NNTP server responses Successful exploitation of this issue could potentially lead to ar ...