CVE-2001-1442 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in innfeed for ISC InterNetNews (INN) before 2.3.0 allows local users in the "news" group to gain privileges via a long -c command line argument.

Published: 2005-04-21

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:2.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:2.2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:2.2.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:2.2.3:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-1422	Buffer overflow in innfeed for ISC InterNetNews (INN) before 2.3.0 allows local users in the "news" group to gain privileges via a long -c command line argument.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0044.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0311.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1001353
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/943536
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/178011
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2620
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6398

History

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Subscriptions

Isc Inn

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-04-21T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:58:11.444Z

Reserved: 2005-04-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-1442

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-04-21T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-1442

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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