CVE-2008-3252 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the read_article function in getarticle.c in newsx 1.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a news article containing a large number of lines starting with a period.

Published: 2008-07-21

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: 24.6% Moderate

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 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:9:::::::*

OR	cpe:2.3:a:fedora:newsx:1.6:8.fc8::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:fedora:newsx:1.6:9.fc9::::::

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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
Debian DSA	DSA-1622-1	New newsx packages fix arbitrary code execution

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.24586.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/31080
http://secunia.com/advisories/31307
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1622
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30231
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454483
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43844
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00485.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00565.html

History

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Subscriptions

Fedora Newsx

Redhat Fedora

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-07-21T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T09:28:41.781Z

Reserved: 2008-07-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-3252

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-07-21T17:41:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-3252

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

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