Description
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.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 2
- Newspost 2.1 - 'socket_getline()' Remote Buffer Overflow (2) EDB-785 · remote · Feb 3, 2005 · verified
- Newspost 2.0/2.1 - Remote Buffer Overflow EDB-25077 · dos · Feb 1, 2005 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- newspost-socketgetline-bo(19178) vdb-entry
- GLSA-200502-05 vendor-advisory
- http://people.freebsd.org/~niels/issues/newspost-20050114.txt
- 14098 third-party-advisory
- 20050202 RE: SECURITEY.NNOV.RU NewsPost buffer overflow [EXPLOIT] mailing-list
- 14092 third-party-advisory
- 1013056 vdb-entry
- http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/7f13607b-6948-11d9-8937-00065be4b5b6.html
- 12418 vdb-entry