CVE-2002-0290 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in Netwin WebNews CGI program 1.1, Webnews.exe, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long group argument.

Published: 2003-04-02

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 3.7% 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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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:netwin:webnews:1.1h:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:netwin:webnews:1.1i:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:netwin:webnews:1.1j:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-0287	Buffer overflow in Netwin WebNews CGI program 1.1, Webnews.exe, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long group argument.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

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 0.03736.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://netwinsite.com/pub/webnews/beta/webnews11m_solaris.tar.Z
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101413521417638&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8220.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4124

History

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Subscriptions

Netwin Webnews

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-04-02T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:42:29.000Z

Reserved: 2002-05-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0290

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-05-31T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2002-0290

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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