Description
Multiple buffer overflows in mnews 1.22 and earlier allow (1) a remote NNTP server to execute arbitrary code via long responses, or local users can gain privileges via long command line arguments (2) -f, (3) -n, (4) -D, (5) -M, or (6) -P, or via long environment variables (7) JNAMES or (8) MAILSERVER.
References
- 20020531 Mnews 1.22 PoC exploit mailing-list
- 4900 vdb-entry
- 4899 vdb-entry
- mnews-multiple-local-bo(9227) vdb-entry
- 20020531 SRT Security Advisory (SRT2002-04-31-1159): Mnews mailing-list
- 20020531 Mnews 1.22 PoC exploit mailing-list
- mnews-nntp-response-bo(9226) vdb-entry