Vulnerability in Newspost
CVE-2005-0101
Buffer overflow in the socket_getline function in Newspost 2.1.1 and earlier allows remote malicious NNTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a long string without a newline character.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.162 (96.8th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.159 · newest: 0.162 · change: +0.003
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19178 (vdb-entry)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200502-05.xml (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- people.freebsd.org/~niels/issues/newspost-20050114.txt (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/14098 (third-party-advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/14092/ (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.vuxml.org/freebsd/7f13607b-6948-11d9-8937-00065be4b5b6.html (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/12418 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2005-0101?
- CVE-2005-0101 is a vulnerability in Newspost. Published 2005-02-01.
- Is CVE-2005-0101 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.