Vulnerability Bulletins |
Desbordamiento de búfer en NewsX |
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Vulnerability classification |
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| Property | Value |
| Confidence level | Oficial |
| Impact | Obtener acceso |
| Dificulty | Experto |
| Required attacker level | Acceso remoto sin cuenta a un servicio estandar |
System information |
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| Property | Value |
| Affected manufacturer | GNU/Linux |
| Affected software | Newsx 1.x < 1.6-3 |
Description |
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Se ha descubierto una vulnerabilidad de tipo desbordamiento de búfer en Newsx 1.6. La vulnerabilidad reside en un error en la función "read_article" en "getarticle.c". Un atacante remoto podría ejecutar código arbitrario mediante un artículo de noticias que contenga un gran número de líneas que comiencen con un punto. |
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Solution |
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Actualización de software Debian (DSA-1622-1) Debian Linux 4.0 Source http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch1.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_1.6-2etch1.diff.gz alpha (DEC Alpha) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch1_alpha.deb amd64 (AMD x86_64 (AMD64)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch1_amd64.deb arm (ARM) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch1_arm.deb hppa (HP PA RISC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch1_hppa.deb i386 (Intel ia32) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch1_i386.deb ia64 (Intel ia64) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch1_ia64.deb mips (MIPS (Big Endian)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch1_mips.deb mipsel (MIPS (Little Endian)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch1_mipsel.deb powerpc (PowerPC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch1_powerpc.deb s390 (IBM S/390) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch1_s390.deb sparc (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch1_sparc.deb |
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Standar resources |
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| Property | Value |
| CVE | CVE-2008-3252 |
| BID | 30231 |
Other resources |
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Debian Security Advisory (DSA-1622-1) http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2008/msg00207.html |
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Version history |
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| Version | Comments | Date |
| 1.0 | Aviso emitido | 2008-08-01 |






